Witches United: The Next Generation
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Also please note I have been spelling Regents as reagents for no other reason than my apparent inability to spell. Sorry for those of you who noticed and were annoyed – I have made sure to spell it right this time. Read and Review please to tell me what you think
Chapter 4: The Darkness Emerges
It was later that same evening that found a shimmering figure passing through the well lit demon camp. Hushed footsteps could be heard if anyone were up to hear them. Most of the demons that were left had fallen asleep all but ten minutes ago, after Melinda had cast a sleeping spell on the entire camp.
Currently Hay-Lin was using her invisibility power to travel through the demon camp and try to find the Regents. So far she had looked in every tent but two, one large extravagant, the other small and feeble: she figured Nerissa wouldn't stay in a small and meek looking tent so she headed towards it just as she heard a loud grumbling sound.
She panicked at the sound and looked all around her only to find a large muscular demon sitting outside the tent she was currently trying to enter. The sound came again, like a bear and earthquake all in one and as she looked down Hay-Lin noticed that the guard was snoring – she deduced this was the source of the sound but nonetheless she treaded into the tent using her power of air to hover an inch above the ground as she walked.
When she got into the tent she saw piles of food supplies and weapons and a large metal circus cage. She approached it with caution only to find a sleeping Matt, Napoleon and Mr Huggles. The latter two were currently in their regent form otherwise they could have easily slipped out of the cage. Hay-Lin quickly became visible again, and looked around the cage for a set of keys or something the open the cage door. She found a large sword sitting behind some boxes and she proceeded to pick it up.
Just then she heard a rustling of the tent and turned around to find nothing. Passing it off as the wind she began to raise the sword and then suddenly,
"Hay-Lin what are you doing?" came a hushed whisper from behind the Asian girl. Hay-Lin immediately freaked out thinking a ghost or something was behind her, she open her mouth to scream but found a hand clamped around her mouth. She followed the arm and came face to face with Irma.
"What are you trying to wake up an entire army of demons?" Irma stated and when she saw Hay-Lin relax she removed her hand.
"Oh Irma it's just you, I thought it was a ghost! But how did you get past me without me seeing you?" Hay-Lin asked the girl and then suddenly a voice was heard from behind her.
"Hay-Lin, aren't you like 19 already? Why do you still believe in ghosts, I mean granted they do exist but still unless you're a witch or have pissed one off there's no need to worry." Said the voice, this time it came from beside her. Hay-Lin simply looked to her side and once again saw nothing. Again she was muffled by Irma's arm.
"Melinda! You're still invisible… no wonder she's freaking out!" Irma whispered giving the space beside Hay-Lin a stern look.
Melinda realising her mistake quickly set about making herself visible again. "Sorry, Hay-Lin I haven't been invisible before so I guess I just forgot that I was!"
Hay-Lin accepted the girl's apology and then a sound was heard from inside the metal cage. The girls all peered inside to see Matt and the other Regents waking up. Matt sleepily rubbed his eyes and then realised that there was a set of figures in front of him. Immediately thinking it was another group of demon's the boy instantly turned into his archangel alter ego Shagon and launched an attack at the figure on the far left.
Irma saw the light ray coming at her and luckily she reacted quick enough to jump out of the way.
"What are you doing Matt? I could've been killed!" Irma shouted only to be shushed by the other two girls for fear of waking up the demon guard they had seen outside.
"Irma? Is that really you?" Matt called from within his cage. He depowered back to his human form and walked towards the cage end nearest the light and saw the three female figures standing before him. "Melinda, Hay-Lin you're here too? Why?" the boy asked curious.
"Well we kind-a felt like dying by a ray beam and thought you'd be the right guy for the job. But I think we've had second thoughts so we'll be leaving now…" Irma said as she began to walk away.
"Irma… What she means Matt is that we're here to save you guys" Hay-Lin beamed at the boy her perfectly, orthodontically fixed, teeth. "Now stand back I'm going to cut the bars down!"
"Umm wait Hay-Lin don't -" But he was too late and the girl struck at the bars with a loud metal clang. The vibration was so extreme that Hay-Lin was left shaken and she managed to drop the sword she held and crashing into the pile of weapons that sad behind her. Naturally this caused a lot of crashing and tinkling to be heard.
The guard outside the door snorted but eventually went back to sleep. Upon his return to slumber the 7 figures in the room let out a massive breath. They all then turned to Hay-Lin who simply shrugged and whispered an apology. The group then set about finding a quieter way of breaking their friends out.
Little did they know that from the moment Hay-Lin, Melinda and Irma had appeared in the demon camp a figure had been watching them, smirking as they're plan was coming to fruition.
Waiting outside the camp Caleb, Will, Taranee and Wyatt sat looking for Melinda's signal. It had now been one hour since Melinda and the other two guardians had entered the camp and the group was getting anxious about the fate of their comrades.
"Taranee, can you contact them? They might be in a lot of trouble!" Will asked the fire guardian, and telepath of their group. She had been asking Taranee to keep in contact with Irma throughout the entire ordeal and this hour of silence had led to Will being overly skittish and annoying, asking the same question several times – she reminded Taranee of kids in a car. Though Taranee couldn't blame the girl, she was just worried about their friends and the fact that it Matt was who they were rescuing just made her worry escalate.
"Will, you know I can't there could be telepathic demons in the camp that would pick up on my communications. That would alert them to Irma, Hay-Lin and Melinda's presence, and that could put them in massive trouble." Taranee told the red head calmly, even though she had told the girl this over ten times.
Will simply nodded but her face will still tense with worry. Then she asked a new question: "But aren't they all asleep? So they wouldn't be able to tell."
Taranee turned to the girl, her face blank as she thought about her friend's proposition. Then from behind the girls Wyatt spoke; "Will we cannot do that because Melinda was only able to cast a light sleeping spell that would put all the demons to sleep but if the stronger ones were given a reason to awaken, they would. So in case some of those demons have telepathic powers we have to adopt a radio silence unless an emergency calls for otherwise."
The girls watched Wyatt speak and they could see that, even though he spoke with a calm tone he too was worried about the situation his sister had walked in to. For this reason the girls did not argue his point and for the next ten minutes the groups stayed silent.
After these ten minutes of silence the group saw something fly up into the air and come towards them. Their initial reaction was to take stance and fight, that is until the figure came closer and they could make out black wings and an aqua-marine vest. The girls instantly relaxed and Will took flight towards the figure. They met in mid-air and embraced passionately, this of course confused Wyatt.
"What is going on?" He questioned looking towards Taranee who smiled at the passionate scene playing out before her.
"That's Matt!" She then looked at Wyatt and noticed his still confused expression. She rolled her eyes and sighed, "You know how we told you Matt has powers of his own?"Wyatt nodded. "Well his power makes him take on another form much like how we become guardians. That figure Will is hugging right now is Matt's other form – he calls himself Shagon."
Wyatt nodded and stared on at the happy couple. Then a thought crossed his mind and he voiced it just as Matt and Will landed.
"So if Matt's safe and fine, where is my little sister?" At Wyatt's question the group turned to Matt/ Shagon hoping for a good answer.
"Well, Wyatt they are fine but because the other Regents cannot fly and you needed a signal to enact Caleb's plan Melinda sent me thinking I could help with the siege from the air".
Thr group nodded and then Caleb spoke up, "Ok so now we have our signal, Taranee you tell Cornelia and Chris to start trapping the camp. Will, you and Matt fly over the camp and pick up on our friends location. Then when you know they are safe send message to Taranee and Wyatt will orb us into the camp. From there we begin our attack." Caleb looked at the group and added one final thing, "And guys when we finish with the army we will go after Nerissa and the Source."
Time skip – To after this plan has been set into motion
The battle had gone well, thanks to Cornelia and Chris the demonic camp was trapped both physically and magically – turn out just as Cornelia and Chris entered the camp Chris had activated a crystal circle at the top of the crater preventing demons from leaving by any means. Now the two were joined with their friends and family in a massive battle.
The last of the demons were vanquished by Melinda and Caleb. Then the group heard laughter and saw a dark hooded figure alongside a young brunette who was dressed in similar attire to the Guardians. The group deciphered that these people must be Nerissa and the Source.
The hooded figure dropped his hood to reveal a disfigured face with a large burn mark over one eye. He wore various tribal markings all over his face. The Source then spoke: "Ahhh, the Guardians and new Charmed Ones! We finally meet!"
"Yes, but unfortunately we won't be getting to know each other as you won't be sticking around for long." Nerissa spoke as she landed beside the source with her staff in hand – in it was the seal of Nerissa and this stunned the guardians.
"Wait, how did you get your staff thingy back? We destroyed it years ago!" Hay-Lin voiced.
Nerissa simply laughed, "This is not my seal! This is much more powerful than that silly trinket and I have my new ally to thank for that."
"It doesn't matter we have defeated you once and we can do it again!" Cornelia screeched at the woman.
"That goes the same for you Source!" Chris chimed in, from Cornelia's side.
"We shall see young witch!" The Source spoke and then he launched an energy ball at Cornelia. This time however Chris did not freeze but launched into action and used his telekinesis to divert the energy ball back at the Source.
He simply caught it and smirked. "How sweet, the young witch has feelings for the Earth Guardian. Well at least you got to experience love once again before you died."
At this the groups launched into action with the Charmed Ones taking on the Source and the Guardians battling Nerissa.
All of a sudden a group of demons emerged from nowhere; they walked towards the groups with energy balls in hand. Then one of them was struck down by a laser beam that came from up above.
"Did you forget about us?" Matt stated from his position in the air.
Then the other Regents and Caleb launched into attacking the demon group.
The battle raged on for some time with neither side giving in. It seemed that thanks to their combined magic the Source and Nerissa had become even more powerful.
Then as the groups were backed against one another the two villains laughed before launching a thunderbolt and large energy ball. The groups just smirked as the group orbed out.
Realising their mistake the villains tried to move out of the way of each other's attacks but found their legs held in place by vines. They then looked up to see the attacks coming towards them and then all of a sudden…
The ground beneath Nerissa collapsed and she fell down a hole and from that hole came a large ghostly hand that grabbed the source and dragged him into the void.
This stunned the groups of friends who were now off in the distance watching the whole thing unfold.
Then just as fast as it had appeared the hand disappeared back into the void.
"What in the world was that?" Chris asked and then all of a sudden another hole appeared just behind the group.
From this projected another large hand and before anyone could react the hand grabbed Melinda and Caleb and dragged them down into the void.
"NOOOOO!" The group shouted and then they took action and begin attacking the hand only to find it had not effect. Suddenly a large energy wave pulsated from the hole and knocked every one out.
"NOOOOOO, Chris, Wyatt!" Melinda screamed as she was dragged into the hole along with Caleb.
When Chris and the others woke up they found no evidence of the hole or their friends.
At first they all panicked and many of them had begun to cry. Then Wyatt saw his brother standing still and realised he was searching for Melinda by trying to sense her with his white-lighter powers.
"Any luck?" Chris questioned his brother.
"No, I can't sense her Chris! What if she's dead?" Wyatt looked to his brother. He was breaking apart on the inside.
Chris just stared with his eyes glistening with tears, "Come on Wy, this is no time for joking!" His brother just stared blankly.
"Maybe they're in the underworld? I mean you wouldn't be able to sense her then right? So let's go to the underworld and find her!" Chris then began to walk away to tell the group.
"CHRIS! Have you forgotten we are not on Earth! We're in Meridian I'm not even sure if they have an underworld – the source brought and created all his own demons in his army!" Wyatt shouted at his brother.
This attracted the attention of the others and they came towards the two. Chris then just shrugged them off and wondered over the last place he saw his sister.
When he got there he found Cornelia crying and he sat down beside her. They were both still in shock – as was everybody else. And it would take hours before the groups set about finding their friends.
Melinda had just woken up in a dark, dank cave with very little light. She tried to move her body only to find that she was shackled to a wall.
She turned her head to the side to find Caleb hung up on the wall beside her.
"Ah, so finally the young female awakens." A voice spoke from within the shadows.
"Who are you and what do you want!" Melinda screamed at the voice not showing any of the massive fear she felt.
The voice merely chuckled. "My, my quite a feisty young girl aren't you?" The figure then revealed itself from the shadows and Melinda eyes widened at what she saw.
The figure consisted of nothing more than a dark mist.
"Surprised young witch? I am what was once known, as the Shadow Beast and I reside in this here cavern whose entrance sits below the battlefield you were just on." The figure spoke.
"Look I don't care who or what you are but I think you should run. Because if this place is where you say it is then my brothers will find me and Caleb and then you are in for a whomp-ing."
The figure merely chuckles again. "Foolish girl my cavern is not part of your mortal realm. I exist in an alternate dimension altogether. The battlefield where I obtained you from is merely one of the many entrances into my world. So even if your brothers tried they could never find you for we exist outside their scope of magic."
Melinda just stared at the mist as it spoke once more. "Do not worry young witch I shall not keep you and your young companion here long. I simply require two souls and yours are the only ones capable enough to be used in my plan."
"Plan? What plan!?" Melinda asked.
"You need not know all that you must know is I have been stuck here for millennia and now you along with your friend have given me the perfect escape route. But first I must infuse some more powers into you."
The mist then conjured up two balls of light.
"What are those?"
"These are the powers from the other two I captured. They were supposed to find me new hosts and now they have so they have served their purpose…"
"Wait do you mean to say that you're the reason Nerissa and the Source were working together?" Melinda queried.
"Yes, young queen. I required there services to find me two strong hosts to hold my power and help me to defeat all good in every dimension." The Shadow Beast spoke.
"Every dimension? And wait did you just call me a Queen?" Melinda was not giving up; she wanted to know what this being wanted with her and Caleb.
"It does not matter now all you need to know is that very soon you will help me with my plans."
With that the beast split itself into two and each carried itself along with one of the light balls towards Melinda and Caleb.
"Our destiny awaits us!" The beings screeched as they entered Caleb and Melinda's bodies.
Melinda screamed and she heard Caleb do the same. Then she blacked out but not before her and Caleb fell from the walls, the shackles holding them up sitting beside her in a pile of dust.
Then suddenly Caleb and Melinda got up – their eyes glowing purple. They looked to one another and laughed.
No one way to see the two again until twenty years had passed and an extremely magical event was to occur.
This is the end of this prequel set.
Next chapter begins the real story. But please be aware this set is important for understanding the storyline in the next few chapters. Also this story will actually have more cross-over's being conducted alongside the W.I.T.C.H / Charmed, one.
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