Chapter 5:

The next morning, Angelo and Cassidy were both the first to wake up from whatever Nolan put in his drinks.

"Well, should of seen that coming.", Angelo said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah.", Cassidy said as she sat up.

Angelo then got up to check on his grandparents.

"You okay Grandma?", Angelo asked his grandmother as he turned Kadma over from her side. "Whoa!"

"What is it?", Cassidy asked as she walked up to Angelo, who was looking at Kadma in shock.

Cassidy then got a good look at Kadma.

"Whoa!", Cassidy said as she jumped back.

Cassidy looked at Kadma to see that she was different. Very different. Kadma then started to come to.

"Kaddie?", Cassidy questioned as she looked at Kadma as she sat up.

"What is it?", Kadma asked as she placed her right hangd on her forehead. "What the... what happened to my voice?"

Kadma them looked down at her hands.

"What happened to me?", Kadma questioned in surprise.

"S-See for yourself.", Cassidy said as she pulled a compact mirror from her purse she had with her.

Cassidy then handed the mirror to Kadma, who took it and looked into it. Once she saw her reflection, Kadma gasped as her eyes went wide.

She was a teenager again!

"How did this happen!", Kadma questioned as she touched her face now smooth face.

Then it hit her!

"The water!", Kadma said. "It was the water that did this!"

"And if it did this to you, then it the others...", Cassidy began to say as she looked around at the others as they were sleeping.

No words were said as the three of them went to check on the others. Kadma checked on Joe, while Cassidy checked on Halinor, and Angelo checked on Yan Lin.

"Halinor wake up!", Cassidy shouted as she began to shake Halinor. "Wake up Hallie!"

"What is it?", Halinor asked as she slowly sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

As she pulled her hand away from her face, she saw that it was smaller and smooth.

"My hand!", Halinor said in surprise. "My voice! What's going on Cassidy?"

"Long story short.", Cassidy said as she helped Halinor to her feet. "There was something in the water."

Halinor then felt her face and felt how smooth it was. She then looked down at her robe and saw how loose it now was.

"This is offically weird.", Halinor said.

"You're telling me.", Cassidy said as they walked over to Kadma and Joe.

"Wake up, Joe!", Kadma yelled as she slapped his arm.

"I'm up! I'm up!", Joe said as he sat up and let out a yawn. "What is it?"

Once his vision cleared, he saw a now teenage Kadma looking at him.

"Whoa!", Joe said as he jumped up. "What happened to you?"

"The same that has happened to you!", Kadma said as she handed Joe the compact mirror Cassidy gave her.

"What are you... Whoa!", Joe said as he looked into the mirror. "I'm... young!"

"Yeah. I noticed.", Kadma said as Joe handed her back the compact mirror. "I think it was the water Nolan gave us."

"Well, if it turned you and me into teenagers, what did it do to Angelo and Cass?", Joe asked.

"Nothing.", Kadma said as they both stood up. "I think it was only you, me, Yan Lin, Halinor, and Nerissa."

"How are they?", Joe asked.

"See for yourself.", Cassidy said as she and a teenage Halinor came walking up to them.

"Yeah guys.", Halinor said with a small smile.

"Well, this is just dandy!", Joe said. "What about Nerissa and Yannie?"

"Angelo is checking on Yannie.", Cassidy said. "No one has checked on Nerissa yet. You know how she was whenever we had those sleepovers, Kadma!"

"Oh, I remember.", Kadma said. "She was always cranky."

"Cranky or not, we have to check on her.", Joe said as he got up and walked towards Nerissa.

"We warned him.", Cassidy said.

Meanwhile, Angelo was waking Yan Lin up.

"Ms. Lin.", Angelo said as he shook Yan Lin gently. "Wake up, Ms. Lin!"

"What is it?", Yan Lin asked as she slowly sat up and yawned.

Angelo then saw that she was a teenager too!

"Looks like he got you too.", Angelo said as he helped her to her feet.

"What do you... My voice!", Yan Lin said as she felt her neck. "My skin!"

Yan Lin then looked down at her robe.

"Let me gurss.", Yan Lin said. "Something in the water?"

"That's what Grandma thinks.", Angelio said.

"And I see that the others are in the same shape as me.", Yan Lin said as she and Angelo walked up to the others.

"You too, Yannie?", Cassidy questioned as she saw Yan Lin walking up to them.

"All that's left is Nerissa.", Halinor said as she and the others looked over at Joe who was walking over to her.

"Didn't anyone tell him how she is when you try and wake her?", Yan Lin asked.

"Yep.", Kadma said.

"Oh well.", Yan Lin said as she shrugged her shoulders. "His funeral."

"Is she that bad?", Angelo asked Cassidy.

"Depends on what kind of dream she was having.", Cassidy said. "That is, if she was dreaming."

"Sounds a lot like how Will is.", Angeo said with a grin.

"Wake up, Rissa!", Joe said as he poked Nerissa in her side.

"Five more minutes.", Nerissa said as she squirmed a little.

"Wake up woman!", Joe said as he poked her again.

"I said five more minutes!", Nerissa said as she shifted her body a little.

"Dang the five minutes, woman!", Joe said as he stood up. "This is important!"

"You know something, Joe?", Nerissa said as she stood up. "Even as an old man, you're still... Huh?"

Nerissa then got a look at a now younger Joe Vanders who stood before her.

"Who you calling an old man?", Joe asked with a smirk.

"Joe?", Nerissa questioned as she touched the side of his face. "What happened to you?"

Nerissa then saw her now smooth hand. She then touched her face and felt that it was now smooth.

"What happened to me?", she questioned as she looked down at her now loose fitting robe. "Nolan did this! He must of put something in the water!"

"That's what I figure.", Joe said as everyone gathered around.

"So, why make you all younger?", Angelo questioned. "I mean from what Cassidy told me all it took was for Nerissa to use the Hearts she had to make you younger and turn you into Guardians again."

"Maybe he doesn't have a Heart.", Yan Lin said. "He just has the Aurameres."

"But he can make a Heart to connect us to those Aurameres of his.", Nerissa said getting everyone's attention. "I was able to do it with Elyon's powers."

"So, what do we do now?", Halinor asked.

"I'll tell you what were going to do.", Joe said. "We're going to get out of here!"

"Now you're talking!", Angelo said.

"And just how do you plan on doing that?", Kadma questioned.

"I have no idea.", Joe said. "But it'll come to me."

"Some things never change.", Nerissa said while rolling her eyes as she walked towards a bench to sit down.

"Maybe we can get out of here.", Angelo said as walked up to the door.

Suddenly, the door flung open to show Nolan standing there. Angelo slowly backed up as Nolan walked into the cell. Nolan looked around at the now teenage Halinor, Yan Lin, Kadma, Nerissa, and Joe. A smile grew on his face as he admired his handy work.

"It looks like the water worked.", Nolan said.

"What did you do to them?", Cassidy questioned.

"I did nothing but give them the water.", Nolan said. "What you should be asking is where did the water come from."

"Well, where did it come from?", Nerissa asked getting fustrated.

"From a volcanic spring on your home world of Earth.", Nolan said. "You know it as the Fountain of Youth."

"No way!", Angelo said.

"It can't be real!", Cassidy said. "Can it?"

"Yes, it is.", Halinor said getting the attention of the others. "But how did you find it? It was to well hidden!"

"One of my ancestors found it when they first went to Earth.", Nolan explained. "I found his notes and followed his clues. Finding it was easy. And it looks like it works well. I now have the young Guardians and Warriors I need to get the Heart of Kandrakar from the present day Guardians. And with it, I'll be able to rule the Known Worlds!"

"I've heard that talk before!", Kadma said. "And everytime guys like you have failed!"

"Prehaps.", Nolan said. "But I have a feeling that I'll be able to pull it off."

Nolan then raised his staff and charged some energy in it. He then released a thing of energy from it and let it fill the room. The others closed their eyes from the blinding light. Once it cleared, they saw that they were each in an energy bubble that was floating in the air.

"Now shall we go then?", Nolan questioned as he walked out of the cell with the others following right behind him in their energy bubbles.

"Where are you taking us?", Yan Lin asked as she as well as the others were in their energy bubbles floating right behind Nolan.

"You shall see, my friends.", Nolan said with a smirk. "You shall see."

Back on Earth, a day had past and the girls were called to Kandrakar. The Oracle had finished his weekly meditation cycle and was ready to use his powers to find the members of C.H.Y.K.N. as well as Joe and Angelo. Once the girls got to Kandrakar they found the Oracle in the room where the Viewing Pool was waiting for them.

"Welcome, Guardians.", the Oracle said. "Alfor has told me what has happened. I wish I could of helped you earlier, but my weekly meditation cycle helps me clear my mind better when things like this come up. But I sense that who ever is behind all of this, knew of when I take my weekly meditation cycle."

"So, they were waiting for the right time to do all of this?", Taranee questioned.

"I'm afraid so.", the Oracle said. "But what this Nolan character didn't count on was the fact that the Heart of Kandrakar can find any past living Guardians as long you are on the planet they are on."

"So all we have to do is find the world my Grandma and the others are on!", Hay Lin figured.

"Yes.", the Oracle said with a kind smile.

"Now the only problem is finding the world Nolan is from.", Cornelia said.

"Take this.", the Oracle said as he handed Will a clear crystal shard.

"What is it?", Will asked.

"This crystal shard can open any fold that has been open to leave the world you're using it on, in the last day or so.", the Oracle explained.

"Wow!", Irma said as she looked at the shard in Will's hand. "We could of used this baby a lot of times in the past."

"Unfortunutly, it can only be used once.", the Oracle said. "And we only have so many of them. But this is an emergancy. And you must hurry, Guardians. Time is not on your side!"

"We have to hurry guys!", Hay Lin said.

"Where can we use this shard at?", Cornelia said as Will opened a fold for Earth.

"The Vanders' place!", Will said. "It's the last place that Nolan went to via fold!"

"Then let's go!", Hay Lin said as she was the first one through the fold.

They others quickly followed behind Hay Lin. The Oracle watched as the fold closed behind them.

"I pray for you safety, Guardians.", the Oracle said. "But I feel that this is far from over."

On Gardania, Nolan had brought C.H.Y.K.N., Joe, and Angelo to a large cavern where the seven Aurameres were sitting on a large stand in the middle of the room.

"Welcome to my main chamber.", Nolan said.

"Are those what I think they are?", Kadma questioned as she looked at the Aurameres.

"They're Aurameres!", Halinor said. "But why seven?"

"Because there are seven of you.", Nolan said. "I'm going to have seven Guardians to do my bidding."

"Oh, that's not good.", Angelo said as the energy bubbles they were in began to move around and form a circle around the Aurameres.

"But first, I have to do one last thing before I make you my Guardians.", Nolan said as he walked up to the bubble Nerissa was in. "You Nerissa are a cunning one. I know that if you were to break free of my hold on you, you'll try and take control of the others and turn against me."

"Maybe I will, maybe I won't.", Nerissa said with a smirk.

"Well, I'm about to fix that!", Nolan said as he touched the bubble she was in.

Suddenly, a surge of energy hit Nerissa making her scream!

"Nerissa!", the others yelled as they watched what was happening.

A few seconds later, Nolan stopped hitting Nerissa with the surge of energy. Nerissa then fainted in the bubble.

"That should do it.", Nolan said with a smirk as he walked away from the bubble.

A few seconds later, Nerissa woke up. She then looked a bit confused as she looked around the area.

"Where am I?", she questioned. "What's going on here girls?"

"Are you okay, Nerissa?", Joe asked.

"What's going on, Joe?", Nerissa asked Joe. "How did we get here?"

"Something is wrong here!", Yan Lin said.

"What did you do to her?", Cassidy demanded to know.

"I simply erased her memories.", Nonal said shocking the others. "As far as she knows, she a sixteen year old girl."

"You monster!", Kadma snapped. "You had no right to-"

"I'll do what I have to do to get the job done!", Nolan snapped. "And now, we begin the final step."

Nolan then raised his staff and fired a beam of energy at the Aurameres. Once he did that, each of the Aurameres fired a beam of energy at one of the seven. The blue one hit Cassidy, the red one hit Halinor, the purple one hit Yan Lin, the green one hit Kadma, the pink one hit Nerissa, the orange one hit Joe, and the yellow one hit Angelo. Each of them felt the power flow into them as they tried to fight the mind control that was trying to take them over.

"Have to fight it!", Kadma said.

"Can't let it take control!", Yan Lin said.

"What's going on?", Nerissa questioned.

"Must fight it!", Joe said. "You have to fight it, Rissa!"

"Can't give in!", Halinor said.

"I won't go through this again!", Cassidy said.

"Have to gain control!", Angelo said.

"Fight it all you want!", Nolan said with a sinister smile. "But it's no use! Soon you will be under my power! And soon, I will have what I need to get the Heart from the Guardians!"

Nolan then sat back on his little throne and watched as the girls and guys were being transformed. Try as they might, he knew they would soon be under his control. Back on Earth, the girls went to the Vanders' home and told John what was going on.

"So, that crysral shard will open the last fold Nolan used here?", John questioned as he looked at the shard Will was holding.

"Yeah.", Will said. "But from what you told us yesterday, Nolan opened two folds to his world."

"One for Halinor to go through and the other for himself.", John said. "If I'm right, the one he opened for Halinor was right... here!"

"Then that's the fold we reopen!", Will said as she held the crystal shard up to the spot John pointed out.

Will then focused some energy into the shard and tried to open the fold. At first, nothing happened.

"Well that's just great!", Irma said as she stomped her foot. "Just when we thought we had a way there, the stupid shard doesn't work!"

"Um... Irma?", Cornelia said as she pointed behind the Water Guardian.

Irma turned around to see a fold slowly open.

"You were saying?", Taranee questioned with a smirk making Irma grumble to herself.

Soon the fold was open and ready to be used.

"This is it girls!", Will said as she pulled out the Heart.

"Let's do it!", Cornelia said.

"We're going to save Grandma!", Hay Lin said happily.

"And the rest of C.H.Y.K.N.!", Irma said.

"As well as Angelo and his grandfather.", Taranee said.

"Then let's not waste anymore time!", Will said as she held up the Heart. "Guardians Unite!"

Once the words were said, Will was covered in a ball of pink light, while Irma was in a ball of water, Taranee in a ball of fire, Cornelia in a ball of green light, and Hay Lin in a ball of air. They then flaoted in the air as they began to transform onto their Guardian forms.

"Water!", Irma said as she transformed into her Guardian form.

"Fire!", Taranee said as she transformed into her Guardian form.

"Earth!", Cornelia said as she transformed into her Guardian form.

"Air!", Hay Lin said as she transformed into her Guardian form.

"Quintessence!", Will said as she transformed into her Guardian form.

"Okay, girls!", Will said. "Let's go!"

"Good luck!", John said as Hay Lin went through the fold, followed by Irma, Cornelia, and Taranee.

"Thanks.", Will said with a small smile. "I think we're going to need it!"

Will then jumped through the fold before it closed.

"Watch over them Lord.", John said as the fold closed behind them. "Please bring them all back in one piece."

A/N: Well, Nolan has turned Halinor, Yan Lin, Kadma, Nerissa, and Joe into teenagers again and is now trying to transform them into his Guardians. But now W.I.T.C.H. is on Gardania and ready to save them! Will they make it in time, or will they be to late?

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