Author's Note: Hello people. I have finally updated this story. It took me forever, even though it's not much. I will try to update quicker and I will attempt to make all these chapters a bit more longer next time. Anyway, I hope that you will all enjoy this.

A New Beginning

Chapter 3

Previously: Back in the castle, Phobos was waking from his slumber. Cedric was next to him in his human form. The memories came back and left him irritated. Now Cedric was beginning to wake.

"Cedric! Where are they?"

"My Princccccccce. They have escaped."

"We must find the girl. She is a great threat to us." Phobos said, obviously panicking

"Would you like me to get her massssssssster?"

"No. Let's wait a while. We'll soon have her in our grasp. Muahahahahahahahahahahaha"

Will went home in a terrible state. It was late at night, almost midnight in fact. She could almost imagine what the people passing by were thinking. She was still wearing her ripped and torn cloths and she was looking as though she was a homeless person.

After all that had happened, she still couldn't – wouldn't believe what had happened that day. It was probably just a prank, like those things people put up on TV Shows. Either that or she had been bullied and beaten up, while in her unconsciousness she had been dreaming. Now that was a reasonable theory.

She was almost at her Mom's flat before she realised that she must have dropped the key to it when the giant snake took her. It seemed she needed to find that plant pot again.

When she went in, she wasn't really that surprised. Her mother was lying across the sofa, eating a bowl of popcorn and watching television. She really doubted that her mom would even be bothered that she was gone for so long or the fact that she had just been kidnapped by….mutants?

"Oh, there you are Will. How was your day at school?" She said to Will, when she had finally spotted her. Will shrugged. "It was alright" She said. "Oh Will, look at your uniform. What happened? Did you get into a fight with the other kids?" Susan's voice seemed concerned, but her facial expression showed that she couldn't care less. "I fell over" Will said lamely.

With that she walked over to her room. She got dressed into her pyjamas, and sure enough she saw that her mom was telling the truth, for there were dozens of bags put into one corner of the room. When she moved closer to take a look at the things her mom brought her, she wasn't too pleased. There were things that she would personally never were in her life. Well, at least in this life.

She decided that the best thing to do would be to just go to sleep. After all, she had, had a pretty rough day. First day of school, and then a kidnapping. As she went to bed, she thought about the boy who helped her run. Who was he? Well, apart from being a Rebel Leader? Why did she feel as though she had known him for years, when all she'd known him for was just a few hours? Then again, you can tell a lot about people in an hour, such as: they can be rude, arrogant, selfish, big-headed and just plain old bossy.

The next day, Will was, once again, rushing to get to school. She still had her now, old and tattered school uniform on. Yesterday she had gotten a lot of looks, but compared to today….Today everybody was staring at her as though she was a filthy little creature. Then again, they hadn't known what had happened to her the last day. Personally, she felt as though she couldn't have cared less.

Unlike some other people, Hay-Lin and her friends seemed oddly kind to her. They seemed to accept that she looked as though she'd just jumped out from a dumpster, though a look of disgust often could be seen clearly marked on Cornelia's face. They tried to be kind, and avoided the subject about what had happened and the personal things about her family and old home. They genuinely seemed to be good friends.

Her mind wandered over to her own friends. No matter how kind these girls would be, they could never compare to her own friends back in Michigan: Scott, Alex and Sophia. They were so special to her, and the thought of being away from still sent shivers up her spine, even if it wasn't permanent. On the bright side, she would be back with them in no time, depending if she made the best of her stay in Meridian.

The rest of the day went past pretty smoothly, even if she did say so herself. The only problem was her mom's boyfriend, also known as her history teacher. She kept sending him one of her death glares.

It was nearly the end of lunch time, and Will went towards her locker to get some things for her next lesson.

She was minding her own business, trying to open the locker, when a certain person was standing behind her.

"Hey" The voice sounded familiar. It wasn't like the Rebel Leader's voice, it was slightly different, and it made her feel uncomfortable. She sighed, a sigh of defeat and spun around on her heel, thus coming in contact with a boy around the same age of her. She suddenly found she couldn't breathe.

He had jaw length black hair and tanned skin, with dark blue eyes. He had a kind and large grin spread on his face, and he was wearing his normal school clothes, except his uniform wasn't torn and ripped. She instantly recognized this boy….

….Matthew Olsen….

The boy who broke her heart.

"Hey." She responded in a small, sort of croaky voice. She absolutely detested this boy, and was only inches away from strangling him to death. The only reason she didn't was because, there could be the slightest change that he couldn't recognise her, after all, she had changed quite a lot. She kept trying to convince herself, but deep inside she knew that she was wrong. Random people don't just walk up to other random people. There always was a reason.

"Well…It's you."

"Yeah, *sigh*, me."

"So… You're in Heatherfield now. How's life?"

"Good. You?"

"Urmm…. Yeah. I'm all better now. You know, off the drugs and all." He said in a quiet voice.

"I'm glad to hear it."

"You know, you look different, yet so pretty"

Silence.

"I want you back" he said.

That last comment had just made her lose her temper. No matter how long ago it was, even if it was a year, she was still absolutely furious with him.

"You know what? Just stop it. I know it's you. You know it's me. We've had a complicated past so don't start talking like that, because it makes be absolutely sick. I managed to move on, and there is no way that I'm going back. Not even if you paid me. So just leave it."

Silence.

"I'm sorry."

"Excuse me?" Will couldn't believe her ears. Was he apologizing?

"Yeah, you heard me. I'm so sorry for putting you through all that, I really am. I hope that you'll be able to forgive me…" He was literally pouring his heart out to her, and she couldn't help but feel sympathetic towards him.

"Alright. I forgive you, but we never talk of this ever again." She showed that she didn't care and wanted this information to stay private.

"Really? You mean it? Oh, thank you so much. I'm the luckiest guy alive!" He gave her quick kiss on the cheek and almost sprinted away. She sighed to herself and rolled her eyes. "Guys"

"Oh. My. God. Did Matthew Olsen just kiss you?" came a voice. Will once again spun around to face Irma and the other girls. Cornelia and Elyon had a look of jealousy, Irma and Hay-Lin had one of surprised yet happy, and Taranee just looked casual, but her eyes shone with amusement.

"Huh? Wait, how long have you been there? Were you spying on me?" Will said, clearly annoyed. She didn't want anyone knowing about her past life.

"Oh, the whole time, really!" exclaimed Hay-Lin. Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Elyon glared at her.

"HAY-LIN! You weren't supposed to tell her that!" They all shouted at once.

"Oops!"

"Anyway, now that we all know, are we allowed to get a bit more information on this 'complicated' life of yours?" asked Taranee in such a way, that Will couldn't become angry with her. Once again, she sighed.

Flashback:

A young girl and boy were sitting at a cafe, and just casually talking.

"Can you believe it? We've been together for almost a year now" said the boy, matt.

"I know it feels like only yesterday that we met though" Replied the girl, Will, smiling.

"Yeah, I suppose time flies when you're having fun!" Just then, a phone began to ring, and the boy looked up at the girl apologetically.

"Ah, sorry Will. I have to go now. Anyway, I'll see you later. Bye" Matt said as he stood up and went out of the café. Will paid the bills and went out too. She decided that she'd go to the park, seeing as it was a bright and sunny day.

When she got there, she saw a couple sitting at a bench, kissing. It wasn't just an ordinary couple; it was her boyfriend and some other brunette. She quickly hid behind a tree and waited for him to leave before she did. That day she went home crying, feeling heartbroken and all. The next day she confronted him.

She was sitting outside the café this time, waiting for her 'boyfriend' to come. Soon enough, he did.

"Hi Will" He said before giving her kiss on the mouth. She just remained silent, but smiled.

"" He said, noticing her unusual behavior.

"'Something wrong?'" She repeated, "Oh no! Nothing's wrong at all. It's just that yesterday, I find my so-called 'boyfriend' snogging some other girl."

"Ah. Look, I can explain – "

"Oh, please, do tell me all about it. This should be fun" She said spitefully. And, so he began all his list of excuses.

End of Flashback

"Oh." Taranee said. She now felt guilty about asking Will to tell, because,, this obviously wasn't going to be in her , top-10-best-things-to-remember-about-my-life things.

"We're sorry. We didn't know." Elyon said, though her crush for this boy still remained. Will shrugged.

"There's no possible way that you could have known."

School had finished and all the girls apart from Elyon were walking to Hay-Lin's family restaurant: The Silver Dragon. It was apparently, the best restaurant in the whole town.

"You can come here whenever you like Will. Friends and family get in free!" Hay-Lin offered with one of her large smiles. As soon as they walked in, Will felt as though she belonged at this place. It had a warm, sort of homey, kind atmosphere, and everybody in it were smiling happily and laughing, though now, they all seemed to be leaving.

"Where are they all going?" Will asked, looking puzzled. "It closes around about now today. You're our special guest tonight. Let's sit here?" Hay-Lin answered, as everyone went to sit around a table for five.

"Ah, hello girls. I see you have a new customer with us, or is this a new friend little Hay-Lin?" asked an old women who appeared. "Oh, grandma, this is our new friend Will. She's new here" Replied Hay-Lin. "I see. In that case, you can call me Yan-Lin" said Yan-in, as she placed a small plate of fortune cookies in front of them.

"Anyway, I would like to tell you girls a little story that had been in my family for many generations now, and which I believe will have a very special meaning – "

"– Grandma! They don't want to hear one of your stories!" Complained Hay-Lin, feeling embarrassed. "Ah, nonsense! As I was saying," Yan-Lin paused for a moment and clicked her fingers, and it seemed as though she was projecting a hologram of some sort. Bright lights began to appear, and all their eyes widened in horror and amazement.

"The universe was once a single kingdom and ruled by all things good, but evil began to take place. A veil had been created to isolate the kingdom of Meridian from other worlds. Without this veil, every single planet is in terrible danger, including Earth itself. Meridian has been overtaken by a powerful entity named Phobos. He himself is not the rightful ruler. You see, portals have begun to open in the veil, and these allow evil to pass through and into our world. And there are people who are known as the Guardians, and it's their job to close these portals, and prevent them from opening."

Once again, she clicked her fingers, and all the bright lights and images faded away. Will was absolutely terrified. Meridian? Phobos? Guardians? Veils? It was all coming back to her now. This was the sort of thing that Rebel Leader was talking about. Maybe this wasn't actually such a joke after all? Maybe that snake was evil and it entered through the veil? She really needed to sort her head out, and without a warning, she shot up and ran out of the restaurant.

"Awww shucks! Look at what you've done now Grandma. You've scared her away!" Hay-Lin said to Yan-Lin.

"Hmmm, I have a feeling this is about something else. Something magical" said Yan-Lin. "Oh no. Please don't start your magical talk now Grandma."

Will ran home. She didn't want to think about what had just happened now, and the only way to do that, was to be in some water.

Author's Note: Well, that's it folks. (Not the whole story itself, just the chapter). I really hope that you liked this. Reviews make my day, so don't be shy. Go on, leave a comment, I love them, and I'll try to answer them all. If something doesn't make sense to you, please tell me, that way, I get a review, and you all get some answers. Thank you. REVIEW!

P.S. Doesn't that Will and Matt remind you of that song by Nicole Scherzinger: Don't hold your breath. :D

Nightqueen73 :)