W.I.T.C.H. Au

By: FunahoMisaki

A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter.)

An hour later and the new recruits were led into the mess hall by members of the rest of their Tribe.

"Hey Hallie! Kaddy! Come sit with us!" Cassidy yelled waving at the two from a table with Mira and the new Guardians, casing Taranee and Cornelia to hurriedly whisper something to Cassidy while Irma merely laughed and Will sighed.

"Codenames Monsoon. Use their codenames." Will said sighing slightly as she shook her head.

"Okay. Hey Hestia! Grassy! Come sit with us!" Cassidy corrected, causing most of the Water Tribe members to grin or snicker in amusement.

"Stop yelling already, knuckle head. You're giving me a headache." Kadma said called back as she and Halinor grabbed their trays.

"Oh stop being such a Killjoy Kitty." Cassidy called to the dark skinned woman, causing the woman's fists to clench.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Kadma roared glaring at the water user for the use of the hated old nickname.

"Yikes Kitty Kat! Who stepped on your tail?!" Cassidy asked grinning as the dark skinned woman stormed over towards them and placed her tray down on the table.

"You are about to get seriously hurt, you little Water Whelp." Kadma growled causing Halinor to sigh as she walked over calmly and sat down her tray.

"Blah blah blah I heard it all before Katarina. Go get stuck up a tree." Cassidy said with a grin and a yawn, bolting up and away when Kadma lunged at her over the table. The two were running around with Kadma trying to kill the red head water user for about five minutes while everyone stared and laughed.

"That's enough you two!" Halinor called glaring at them as she surrounded them with fire, causing them both to stop short suddenly.

"Yes Hallie." Kadma said sighing as she walked back over to her wife while Cassidy made whip cracking sounds.

"Shut it you little-"

"What are you gonna do about it? Flick a pebble at me?" Cassidy said mocking the woman who growled, causing the earth under them to begin to shake.

"That is ENOUGH!" Will shouted causing Kadma to stop the quake while Cassidy paused in the middle of creating a water sphere.

"You two take it somewhere else if you're going to use powers. Fist fighting and verbal fighting is okay, heck Earth Tribe and Water Tribe do it all the time, but there is no use of powers in a fight unless it's in the special training ground! Certainly not in the middle of Lunch in the mess hall!" Will scolded them, standing and glaring the two of them down mere seconds before Halinor did the same.

"Looks like W-er- Queen Leader inherited Ha-Hestia's temper…I almost feel bad for her enemies." Cassidy muttered causing Kadma to nod in agreement as the two shrunk away from the irate glare that Will was giving them.

"I feel bad for her boyfriend when she's on that time of the month." Kadma murmured back, causing Cassidy to snicker while going pale at the thought of it as well.

"We'll be good." Kadma said weakly when Will's glare got worse, causing her glare to fade as she nodded satisfied, sitting back down easily.

"And some people wonder why we never piss her off." One Water Tribe guy said quietly to his friends, causing them to nod in agreement.

"Yikes. She's scarier than Nerissa ever was. But then again so are you." Mira commented idly to Halinor who just smiled slightly at this, as did Will. She couldn't explain it but not knowing who her grandparents were for so long then finding them again…it was kinda reassuring or nice to be compared to them. It meant that they had a lot in common.

"After Lunch the leaders and these four will be meeting in Meeting room L to talk about the plan against Nerissa. If anything is set or we need more info and help the assignments will be handed out accordingly." Will announced to the Mess Hall in general, causing everyone to nod in understanding.

"By the way Tsunami, Energy can't do her guard shift tonight. She didn't outright say it but it looked like she dislocated her shoulder while training herself earlier. It has been reset by now of course but it will be sore for a while and it would do no good for anyone should she damage it worse on Guard Shift. Think you can spare a member or two to cover her shift for tonight?" Will asked looking at Irma as the red head speared a carrot on her fork and ate it calmly, the noise of the mess hall returning to normal levels now that the drama was over.

"Sure. I've got a few guys just doing nothing but lounging about tonight. They won't mind." Irma said shrugging her shoulders as she took a big bite out of her chicken sandwich.

"It's been a long time since I could eat food like this." Halinor said taking a bite out of her grilled chicken sandwich and relishing it for a moment.

"You're telling me. Vegetables may be good for you and all, but no one likes to eat nothing but for a much less fourteen years." Kadma said grinning happily as she took a bite out of her hamburger. The others at the table made faces at that, causing the two women to laugh slightly as they all ate with only a little bit of talking done.

"Hey River!" Irma called to one of her guys as she was putting up the tray.

"What's up boss lady?" He asked turning to look at her. He quickly saluted when he saw the other leaders as well. They all looked at him, Taranee sighing when she saw her brother with the number 2 on his muscle shirt and wearing a pair of swimming trunks as his uniform.

"As you were. Can you cover Energy's Guard Shift for tonight? She got hurt a bit while training and can't pull the shift." Irma asked causing Peter to nod.

"Sure thing. I didn't have anything to do tonight. You covering where I'll be with mom and dad Fire Leader?" Peter asked smirking as he addressed his little sister formally.

"Yeah I'll cover for you with our parents Peter. How many times do I have to tell you though, protocol or not you're my brother. Just call me Taranee or sis instead of using my title all the time." Trainee said causing Peter to laugh as he put his sister in a playful headlock and messed up her hair slightly.

"Who are you and what have you done with my baby sister? She never breaks protocol or the rules!" Peter said grinning and causing Taranee to laugh slightly.

"Let me go! Peter! It's me! Do you not remember me turning my hair pink just to mess with mom?" Taranee said laughing and causing many others to laugh as they looked at the small family scene.

"Anyone can say that! Tell me something only Taranee would know!" Peter demanded playfully just to mess with his sister who smirked like Irma usually did and shrugged her shoulders as best as she could.

"You asked for it you overgrown teddy bear. You have a stuffed rabbit lush I gave you when I was four named Cottony that you still sl-" Taranee was cut off by the others that heard laughing loudly as Peter covered her mouth with his hands.

"Yep you're Taranee!" Peter said, his face bright red as he released his little sister.

"Glad you think so. Now we'd better get to that meeting. See you later Peter." Taranee said causing the large guy to grin as he hugged her briefly, causing her to laugh when he picked her up and threw her in the air.

"Goofball." Taranee said kissing her brothers cheek as he caught her and set her on her feet.

"Pixie." Peter retorted.

"Overgrown teddy bear." Taranee shot back.

"Little cuddle bug." Peter responded.

"Hulking brute." Taranee replied.

"Tiny phoenix."

"Giant Turtle." Taranee said making Peters jaw drop. That was a new one!

"Pyromaniac!" Peter tried to remark but was stopped by an amused Halinor.

"What's wrong with being a pyro?" Halinor asked lighting her hand on fire pointedly.

"Shutting up now." Peter said closing his mouth as everyone finally broke out in laughter.

"Nice one Taranee. I might use that against Irma in one of our arguments." Cornelia said smirking slightly at the new insult she could call her rival by.

"Oh shut up rock brains." Irma said causing everyone to turn to the two as another insult fight broke out.

"Giant Turtle." Cornelia shot back immediately.

"Mud brat."

"Water Whelp."

"Tree Hugger."

"Beached Whale."

"Fish food!"

"Fertilizer!" The two were now within inches of each others faces looking about ready to kiss. A shove from behind made Irma stumble into Cornelia, their lips locking as they both fell to the ground. Everyone looked behind where Irma had been standing to see Will smirking slightly with her arms crossed. Her next words causing many to gape and some to laugh.

"There. Now that the unresolved sexual tension between Vine Molester and Soggy Brain is quiet perhaps we can get on with the meeting."