W.I.T.C.H. Au
By: FunahoMisaki
A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter.)
"Mina?" Halinor asked weakly and causing Will to smile at her.
"My full first name is Wilhelmina. I just usually use the first part of it." Will said smiling slightly at the blond woman who stared at her shocked.
"…I-I knew about Susan getting married and expecting a child but…I-I never met my granddaughter before the veil around Zambala went up, a full two years before the other veils did because of the frequent attacks on our planet." Kadma said shakily, too shocked to use the royal 'we' as per usual.
"I-I was there when my granddaughter was born but the veil around Kandrakar was raised when she was two. I tried to watch over her from there but… the Oracle blocked my attempts…I only got a clear view of her before Nerissa attacked the fortress the day I was enthralled." Halinor said softly as she looked at Will who stared at them both blankly for a moment before smiling and giving them both a hug.
"Well grandmas. Let's get you two to the mess hall to meet up with Cassidy and Yan-lin's Altermere, Hay-lin named her Mira by the way. I'll brief you four on the full Guardian Army at the same time." Will said smiling as she pulled away from the two women who smiled at her but were confused slightly. The two began to get up off of the bed only to yelp slightly when their cloths began to fall off of them, still in their Kandrakar and Zambala robes.
"Of course we need to get you two into some better cloths first." Will said sighing slightly before smiling and walking over to the closet. Opening the door she reached in and bought out two blank outfits, both just plain normal white dresses.
"Irma will change the colors on them after you are briefed and make a choice." Will said shrugging when they both just stared at before wondering why their outfits wouldn't fit.
"Why wouldn't our outfits fit? I've worn the same size since I was thirty…" Halinor wondered aloud before noting what something she hadn't taken note of earlier. Her voice was different.
"H-Hali?" Kadma asked staring at her wife shocked and earning a curious look from the blond woman before the woman's eyes widened at the sight of the woman looking back at her.
"Kat you're young again." Halinor said wide eyed as she stared at her wife.
"You are too love." Kadma said looking at the blond who quickly looked down at herself as well. Halinor and Kadma stared at their granddaughter, looking at her for the answer of why they were young again.
"You are hooked up to the Heart of Kandrakar again. You both and Mira are young again until you are unhooked I suppose." Will said shrugging as she set the dresses on the bed and headed to the door. The two looked at her again, just now noticing what she was wearing.
"What are you wearing Mina?" Halinor asked looking at the robe and sash her granddaughter was wearing although she did admit that the girl could really pull it off.
"My Guardian Army uniform. I'll explain later." Will said with a shrug as she walked back towards them.
"You two change cloths. I'll be outside when you're done." Will said before leaving the room, causing the two to look at each other and shrug before changing into the plain white dresses on the bed. Kadma made Halinor blush with the way the taller woman was staring at the blond as they were getting dressed.
"Why are you staring Kat? You've seen it all before." Halinor said blushing slightly and causing Kadma to smirk roguishly.
"Because I've only just noticed that you haven't changed at all. You were as beautiful as an old woman as you were the day we first met, let alone the day we married." Kadma said causing Halinor's face to turn bright red but she smiled softly at her wife's romantic side, that and the soft side were the ones no one but family ever got to see.
"My what a silver tongue you have. I think I need to explore it a bit more in depth." Halinor murmured with a grin as she finished putting on the dress and sashayed over to her wife.
"As if you don't already know it by heart…. Just like this tongue's explored every inch of you and knows you by heart." Kadma said causing Halinor to blush slightly harder, remembering exactly how well Kadma's tongue knew her body, before she kissed her wife full on the lips. The kiss soon descended into a full blown make out session, and the two didn't separate as Halinor felt her back hit the bed behind her. They probably would have done a lot more with their renewed youth, except for the clearing of a throat that separated them.
"As glad as I am to know that the love is still strong between the two of you, I don't really need any aunts right now." Will said causing the two women to blush darkly and spring apart as if burned, which knowing Halinor's powers was entirely possible.
"If you two will please follow me now, you can finish this up later." Will said smirking, showing that she had Kadma's smirk.
"Alright. I'll wait till later." Kadma said causing Halinor to blush harder and look away, making Will laugh as she led them out of the room and down a wooden hallway.
"This is the Heart, or Life Compound. It's where I usually am aside from my office in the main Compound." Will said as she lead them down the Hallway and out of a large traditional looking wooden double door.
"Welcome to the headquarters of the Guardian Army." Will said smiling as she pushed open the door and let them look around at the large clearing, seeing all the stuff in it. Well not all but what could be seen from the entrance of the Compound.
"Ah Magma." Will said catching sight of the second-in-command of the Fire Tribe.
"Queen Life!" Magma said saluting immediately at the sight of the red head who saluted back. The two former guardians exchanged confused looks at what the girl had called their granddaughter, and surely Magma wasn't the girls name.
"As you were Magma. Can you do me a favor and go get possible recruits Cassidy and Mira from the mess hall? I still need to give them the tour and full briefing." Will asked after saluting the girl back, causing her to nod.
"Of course Life Leader. I was heading that way myself to meet up with Sturdy and Strong. We're supposed to try and work out a new training strategy for any new recruits." Magma said smiling.
"Thank you Magma. Have one of my Tribe members that are heading back this way escort them please?" Will asked kindly, causing the girl to smile wider and nod again.
"Of course Life Leader. As you command! Guardians United! Guardians Stand! Guardians Fight! Guardians Win! Guardians Guard!" Magma said saluting again and causing Will to smirk widely as she repeated the chant back at Magma, causing the girl to salute a second longer before walking off briskly.
"By the way once you see a persons codename you never call them that outside of the compound, and you never call someone by their real name inside the compound. Hence why I called her Magma, even though as one of the five leaders of the Tribes I'm allowed to call everyone else by their first names without punishment, and in Irma's Tribe she let's any and everyone get away with using real names. But that's her purgative since that's her Tribe everywhere and everyone else uses codenames. I'm a bit lax on being called by my codename most of the time too so it's not a big thing here…" Will explained noticing the confused and curious looks her two grandmothers were giving her. This didn't really help much but they were less confused. A moment later and a teenage girl in a pink tank top and sweat pants with her long blond hair pulled back in a ponytail and a pink towel around her shoulders walked over with Cassidy and a young Yan-lin, Mira, behind her.
"Queen Leader!" The girl, who had the number four on her stomach and the word 'Energy' on her chest, said snapping into a salute when she got within three feet of Will. Cassidy and Mira jumped and looked at Will startled and confused, both wearing blank dresses just like Halinor and Kadma were, as she snapped off a salute as well.
"As you were. Energy! Just get back from a snack after working out?" Will asked grinning as she and the girl dropped the salute.
"Yes ma'am. Been working on my hand to hand combat since our Tribe is mostly medics. I thought it'd be a good idea to learn at least how to hold my own in case I need to wait on backup when near hostiles." Energy said grinning and causing Will to grin back.
"At least some of ya'll are thinking practically instead of always expecting someone else to protect you." Will said and you could tell by her voice that she meant someone specific.
"Miss Number ten still on her high horse over her promotion?" Energy asked causing Will to nod.
"If I may make a suggestion Life Leader?" Energy asked causing Will to raise an eyebrow at her.
"You know better than most that I'm always open to hearing suggestions by any and everyone." Will said causing the girl to shrug.
"Eh it's protocol to ask boss lady." Energy said toweling off her hair a bit as she spoke.
"Fair point. So what's your suggestion?" Will asked shrugging her agreement to that.
"Make defense lessons mandatory for all squads. That way they can at least defend themselves against some attackers if fighting isn't their specialty. I know a lot of people, even in our own Tribe, that want a crack at Miss Thang and it could help her remain humble or at least not so uppity." Energy said causing Will to consider it. Closing her eyes in thought for a moment Will was still and silent for two full minutes before opening her eyes and nodding.
"It's a sound idea with plenty of practical uses available… I'll draw it up and have Taranee implement it as soon as I get back to the office. I know Cornelia and her Tribe will be willing to enforce it at the least, although the Water Tribe might give us a bit of trouble with it." Will said causing Energy to nod and grin.
"The mad house full of slackers… yeah they might try to skive off but at least the Earth Tribe will be happy to drag them to the training room and shove the lesson down their throats." Energy said far too cheerfully and causing Will to laugh.
"You got that right, and it'll keep them from pranking for a few hours at the least. You head on to your room for a well-earned shower and nap before dinner time. I'll send someone to grab you if something pops up. You only have guard duty tonight and I think one or two of Irma's group can cover for you. I'll take these two from here." Will said causing the girl to grin at her in relief.
"Thanks Queen Leader. Guardians United! Guardians Guard!" Energy said snapping off a salute and giving a shortened version of the chant that Magma had said earlier.
"Guardians United! Guardians Guard! Now get out of here you. You're sweating up a storm and the heat's not helping." Will said saluting as well before smiling and ruffling Energy's hair, the girl being an inch or two shorter than her.
"Yeah yeah I'm going I'm going. Later boss lady." Energy said before taking off at a jog into the compound that Halinor, Kadma, and Will had just left.
"Alright you four let's start with the tour of headquarters, then we'll go to my office and I'll give you all a full briefing and answer your questions." Will said smiling at Cassidy and Mira before turning and motioning for them to follow her.
"For the best view we need to go to the meditation hill that Cornelia raised." Will said leading them over to a hill, going up to the top and smiling at the gasps of shock and awe she heard from the four. She did admit it was a beautiful if not surreal or old world kinda type view.
"Let's start back there at the river. That is the self sufficient river that Cornelia dug using her powers, Irma filled it up by raising an underground water spring, and then we filled it with lots of fish and Cornelia grew some aquatic plants for it to. It has some protections hidden in it for the Water Tribe Compound." Will said pointing at the crystal clear river that sparkled in the late morning sun.
"It's beautiful." Cassidy muttered staring at the river, being a Water Guardian former or current she was still drawn to the water and that river looked like a heaven for her.
"Next to it, that blue building? That's the Water Compound, it's where the members of the Water Tribe live and sleep. Everyone had their own rooms in their compound you see, but engaged pairs are allowed to share a room if they want to. None of the Army members are married yet though but married couples are allowed to share too." Will said shrugging as she pointed at the blue building, causing Cassidy's eyes to shine.
"I guess I'll tell you a bit about the different Tribes when I point out their buildings. So looks like Water Tribe is first." Will said seeing the curious and adoringly look on Cassidy's face at the sight of the building.
"The Water Tribe, often called the Mad House by the other Tribes and Hellions by the Earth Tribe, any and everyone attracted to water and pranks find kindred spirits and an extended family there. The Water Tribe's main colors are blue and green, and they aren't big on protocol. Their primary focus is traps, but they are kind of the wildcards of the Tribes. Most of them have different swimwear as a part of their uniform, heck their Tribe Leader wears a bikini top and a pair of pants! They generally are the slackers unless it comes to pranks, food, or water sports. Their leader's codename, although she's usually called Water Leader, is Tsunami." Will said causing Cassidy to look as if she saw the holy grail.
"The next place is the Mess Hall, right there by the Water Compound. It's where everyone gathers to eat. There's always food there whether it's breakfast, lunch, dinner, or just some snacks for those who had to skip meals. You can either sit with those of your Tribe or sit with other Tribe members. Most of the time the food is cooked either by the volunteers or the Life Tribe members." Will explained pointing at the mess hall which looked kind of like a regular blank building.
"The rainbow colored Compound is the Air Compound, home of the Air Tribe." Will said pointing at the rather messy but kind or artistic Compound. Mira's eyes lit up like the fourth of July as she stared at the compound.
"The Air Tribe, often called the Dreamers of the Tribes, is home for the artistic, flying, or those who just love birds and painting. The Air Compound is the tallest of the compounds and has the most windows. They also take in anyone who doesn't seem to fit into the other Tribes and who doesn't get taken into the Life Tribe first. They have almost invisible Air monsters as protections in case of attack. Usually they are the fastest of the Tribes, their primary focus is stealth. Their colors are usually purple and light blue and their uniform is usually artistic. Most of the girls wear dresses and the guys wear suits, all of them easy to move in and let wind blow around easily. Their Leader's codename is Hurricane." Will said smirking as she saw Mira's amazement at the sight of the compound.
"Next to it is the Art Room where most of the Air Tribe members can usually be found during any and all free time." Will said causing Halinor to look interested in the building, she loved art.
"Next to that is the work out room, it's usually where most of the Earth Tribe can be found during their free time. You can always find somewhere in there to either work out with or gave a friendly fight with." Will said catching Kadma's interest since she made it a point to work out and keep herself in shape, it was pretty much the only thing she could do in her free time on Zambala.
"Beside it is the Earth Compound where the Earth Tribe dwells. The Earth Tribe is the self proclaimed rivals and enemies of the Water Tribe. They're often called the hard heads and sticks in the mud, usually by the Water Tribe. Their main colors are green and brown, and they are the ones that usually take care of the garden and farming. Their uniform is usually tank tops and muscle shirts along with sweat pants and a few skirts. Their main focus is strength, they're the heavy hitters that love to hit and smash everyone and everything in their path. There are some stone and mud golems as protection over there and their Leader's codename is Earthquake." Will said causing Kadma to look at the building with a bit of interest, hmm seems to them like there was at least one compound for each of their elements so far.
"Next to it is the Library, it's usually where most of the Fire Tribe members can be found in their spare time. There are copies of just about any book we've come across in there, I've even gotten Elyon to use her magic to copy every book or scroll in her library and put the copies in the Library." Will said pointing at the second story building in between the Earth Compound and the red compound that must be for Fire Tribe members.
"Next to that is the Fire Tribe Compound itself. The Fire Tribe is the tribe for the studious or passionate. Often they are called the Book Worms or Hot Heads. Usually they are the ones the others go to for help with homework or looking things up. Their colors are red and orange, and their uniforms are pretty well uniform. The girls usually wear shirts and skirts while the guys wear suits. To be fair though all of their cloths are flame resistant and they have some armor in or under their cloths for protections. They are the defenders. Their focus is protecting their comrades or those who can't protect themselves, and of course gathering information. They have some pure flame animals as protections but they usually can be found napping on the roof since hate whole compound has been flame proofed. Their leader is called Lava, and you've met their second-in-command Magma. A second-in-command is usually signified by their armband in their Tribe colors and the number two on their uniform." Will said pointing at the Fire Compound and causing Halinor to look at it in open interest. She liked fire, it was the reason she was chosen as a Fire Guardian!
"In the center of all the Compounds is the meeting Hall and main Headquarters. Any ranked officer has an office there along with the Leaders. There are several meeting rooms in there as well as one big meeting room in there for when everyone needs to have a meeting at once." Will said pointing to the second biggest building in the center of the Compounds.
"The smallest compound is the Life or Heart Compound. They're the animal tamers and medics." Will said pointing at her own Compound and causing all the girls to stare at it.
"The Life Tribe is the smallest of the Tribes since it's very exclusive to be invited into it. They are the Leaders and the medics. A few of them have some powers, possibly being descended from other Former Guardians or from people from the other planets. They receive the training they need from whoever's power is closest to theirs. If they have the power to run at superseded, they receive training from the Air Tribe so on and so forth. The Life Tribe catches and tames any wild animals they can to go into the Animal Pen. They are also left in control of the generators since most of them are good with machines. Their main colors are pink and white, and their leader's codename…is Electricutor." Will said causing them to look at her curiously although they all liked the sight of the compound.
"And finally we have the Animal Pen. Any captured and tamed animals are put here for further use. Some like cows, chickens, and other animals that give supplies like that have the supplies harvested while animals like horses are used for riding or racing, and some are used for protection. A few animals, when we really need it, are killed and harvested for the meat and the pelts or other parts are sold." Will said although she winced slightly at the mention of the animals being killed, she loved animals…
"Oh dear. I don't like the thought of them being killed although I can understand why you do it." Halinor said staring at the Animal Pen softly and sadly.
"Looks like I got my love of animals from you huh grandma?" Will asked smiling slightly at her grandmother who gave her a smile back. Her next statement sufficiently occupying them as they began to walk towards the Meeting Hall.
"Now that the tour is done let's get to my office where I'll explain everything."
