Disclaimer: Who do you think I am? Elizabetta Gnone? Sorry I'm not her, ergo I don't own W.I.T.C.H.

AN: To avoid confusion, I've labelled the two separate times as past and future. To AJ thanks for your review.

Past

Reaching their destination, W.I.T.C.H, Caleb and Melinda saw the device for the first time. The large, ornate clock that Rebecca had placed there was hovering in the air throwing off waves of black and white energy. Images of the future mixed with images of the present. The group stood there, transfixed by the sight in front of them.

"Ok, that's just weird." Melinda said, breaking the silence.

"So what now?" Caleb asked.

"Now we take it down." Will answered decisively.

"Search the dungeons!" Lord Cedric bellowed from somewhere nearby.

"I'll draw them away!" Hay Lin volunteered. "You guys focus on dealing with this thing " Caleb opened his mouth to object, but Hay Lin held up her hand to stop him with a firmness that was uncharacteristic for her. "This concerns you, Cornelia, Will and maybe Melinda."

Caleb opened his mouth once more, but it was Will this time who cut him off. "Hay's right." She turned to face Hay Lin. "Be careful. I don't want you getting captured or killed."

"There's no way I'm letting you have all the fun." Irma interrupted as Hay Lin opened her mouth to reply. "Besides" Irma continued "you need me to keep an eye on you, or you'd never get into trouble at school ever again! Then what would you do for fun?"

Hay Lin grinned at her friend. Irma grinned back. Then, without another word, they flew off.

"I hope they'll be ok." Will murmured pensively as she stared in the direction Hay Lin and Irma had flown off in. Caleb came up to her and gave her a quick kiss.

"I sure hope so." He whispered in Will's ear.

Turning to face the device, Will, Taranee, Cornelia, Melinda and Caleb approached the device.

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Future

Caleb ducked as Lord Shail sent a stream of missiles flying his way. Cornelia snapped up her rifle to her shoulder and squeezed the trigger, only to hear a useless click. Cursing under her breath for forgetting that portals made guns useless, she was thrown backward by a stun grenade as it landed at her feet.

Alice, Sarah, Anzu and Hannah split up, forcing Lord Shail to split his attentions. Thomas used Lord Shail's momentary hesitation to jump unto the ceiling and shoot a stream of webbing into his face.

"Arrgh!" he screamed as he clawed at the webbing determined to get it off his face. Taking advantage of this, Anzu and Hannah charged in to attack Lord Shail's right with jumping front kicks, hitting him just under the ribcage. Less than ten seconds later, Alice and Sarah joined the attack from the left with a volley of punches to his gut and legs.

"Go, we'll keep him busy!" Anzu yelled to Cornelia and Caleb. Thomas moved to join them, but Anzu glared at him. "You too Thomas Vandom! This does involve you as well!"

Hannah went flying past them as she failed to dodge one of Lord Shail's arms to crash into the wall opposite. She didn't get back up. With a feral scream, Anzu charged back into the fight.

With one final agonised look back, Thomas, Cornelia and Caleb ran to their destination.

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Past

"Hey, snake-face! Are you even trying to catch us, 'cos I could write a book waiting for you!" Irma taunted Cedric, as she stood at the entrance to one of the many tunnels in the dudgeons.

"Don't be cruel Irma. He probably doesn't know what a book is!" Hay Lin added from the entrance of another tunnel, her trademark grin was almost mocking in its appearance.

"Seize them!" Cedric bellowed, pointing in their direction. Irma flew down the tunnel, determined to draw as many guards as possible in her direction. Hay Lin on the other hand, stood her ground with her hands on her hips.

"I'm the air guardian." She began with a slightly crazy gleam in her eyes and her grin became wider. Drawing in a deep breath, she blew out, her air magic sending lurdens and guards flying backwards in the wind. "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow you away." She finished with a laugh. As the lurdens and guards picked themselves up and Lord Cedric came charging at her, she gave them a little wave and took off. Splitting into two groups, the lurdens and castle guards gave chase to Irma and Hay Lin, down the separate tunnels.

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Future

Thomas, Cornelia and Caleb stared at the device in front of them. It was the same device that Melinda and the others had just encountered in the past.

"Ok that's just plain weird." Thomas said, unaware that he had just mimicked his sister.

"Lets do this." Cornelia growled and all three of them stepped towards the device.

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Past

Hay Lin was abruptly forced to stop as the tunnel she was flying down suddenly hit a dead end. From nearby she could hear Cedric and his minions gaining on her. Turning round, she gritted her teeth and frowned. She reckoned that her chances of escape were slim to none, but Hay Lin wasn't afraid. This was part of the risks you took as a superhero, but you never quit, no matter what. People underestimated the power of air, her grandmother had once told her. But air was at its most powerful under pressure.

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Future

Anzu smashed her fist in a smooth uppercut into Lord Shail's jaw while Sarah slammed a spinning kick into his left arm. Caleb's training them in the martial arts was paying off.

Alice's hand was on Hannah's neck as she took her friends pulse and breathed a sigh of relief when she detected a pulse. Getting to her feet, Alice gave the other two a thumbs up sign and charged into the fight with Lord Shail once more.

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Past

Irma stared at the group of lurdens and castle guards heading her way and smiled. Hadn't these guys ever heard of sewers? She thought to herself.

Stretching out her arms, she summoned as much water as she possibly could and flooded the tunnel like it was a giant sewer. As the guards and lurdens were swept out, she felt a sudden feeling of dread that Hay Lin was in trouble. Launching herself down the tunnel she was in, she feverently prayed that she wasn't too late.

AN: A little poll here. I've got three new multi-chapter W.I.T.C.H fics waiting to be started when I post the next and final chapter of this fic and I'm wondering which one to put up. They're all going up, but I'm wondering which one to put up when I end this fic.

The first one is W.I.T.C.H Dark mirror, in which Hay Lin finds herself fighting evil versions of the W.I.T.C.H girls.

The second is a next gen fic called S.T.E.E.L. For further details, you'll have to read it when it goes up.

The third is called W.I.T.C.H Into the Arena, a crossover between W.I.T.C.H, Battlebeasts and the book Kamira the Sky village. It has some similarities to a fic XV-Dragon is talking about doing, but that has more to do with the aspect of the book I'm using.

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