Chapter 33:

Watching what happened, from his crystal balls, was Nolan who wasn't to happy.

"Blasted!", Nolan snapped as he slammed his fist on the table his crystal ball was on. "My Dark Guardians were so close to defeating those fools!", he said with a sneer. "And they would have if the Fire and Water Guardian hadn't of did what they did! I never would have thought that they would have crossed that line!", he said with a small smirk. "I'm a bit impressed. Once I taker Kandrakar, I may have a use for them. But now, I must prepare for them when they encounter my Dark Guardians in their Auramere Chamber.", he said as he left his chambers and headed to where he knew his Dark Guardians were.

As for the Dark Guardians, Nerissa was doing her best to heal Cassidy and Halinor as fast as she could.

"How much longer, Rissa?", Joe asked his friend as she was healing her injured friends.

"Well, I'm done with Halinor.", Nerissa said as she focused more of her power on Cassidy. "Cassidy is going to be a bit longer seeing as her wing were completely gone."

"I still can't believe that those two did what they did.", Kadma said as Halinor got to her feet. "Well, Irma maybe. But Taranee is another story."

"I've known Irma long enough to believe what she's capable of.", Yan Lin replied. "But Taranee is another story."

"Well, I intend on repaying her for what she did to me!", Halinor said as she flapped her wings happy to see that they were okay. "How about you, Cassidy?"

"First, she almost kills Angelo! And then she take out my wings!", Cassidy said while narrowing her eyes. "Oh, Lair's going to get it big time!"

"Easy, Cass.", Angelo said as he was sitting next to her while holding her hand. "Don't let her get to you. Kick her butt. But do it smart."

"Yeah, yeah. I know.", Cassidy said just as Nerissa finished healing Cassidy's wings.

"Phew!", Nerissa said while wiping her forehead. "Finally! I'm done!", she said as Cassidy got to her feet and began to flap her wings.

"Alright!", Cassidy said as she took to the air and did a few loops. "Thanks Rissa!", Cassidy said as she landed in front of her friend and helped her to her feet.

"No problem.", Nerissa said. "Now we have to get ready for W.I.T.C.H. and their allies to arrive."

"Cause we know they're on their way here.", Yan Lin said.

"Well, I say, bring it on!", Angelo said with a smirk.

Suddenly, the doors to the chamber were blown open to show W.I.T.C.H., Matt and Huggles in their Regent formes, Caleb, Peter, Nigel, and Eric with their weapons and shield drawn.

"Knock, knock!", Irma said with a smirk.

"Oh! That's just lame!", Cassidy said while rolling her eyes.

"Just as lame as you and Halinor without wings!", Irma countered smirking with Taranee.

Just then, Halinor and Cassidy flapped their wings and took to the air surprising Taranee and Irma.

"You were saying.", Halinor said.

"B-B-B-But how?", Taranee questioned.

"Hello!", Nerissa said holding up their Heart. "This does more that just transform us and open folds you know!"

"And with that settled, let's get this party started!", Yan Lin said ready to fight.

"Remember! We're trying to help them.", Will said. "Not kill them!", she said looking at Taranee and Irma.

"Still grounded here!", Irma said pointing to her wings that still had the metal coating Angelo put on them.

"Sucks, don't it?", Cassidy said with a smirk getting a glare from Irma.

"Attack!", Nerissa and Will shouted before both sides went to fighting each other.

As this was going on, Nolan had creeped his way into the chamber to see the battles that were going on. He saw that W.I.T.C.H. and C.H.Y.K.N. were going at it element to element while Matt, Huggles, and Caleb were fighting Joe and Angelo was fighting Peter, Eric, and Nigel. Nolan watched as Halinor was attacking Taranee with punches and kicks instead of fire.

"Somebody ready wants some payback.", Nolan said with a smirk before he turned his attention to Cassidy fighting Irma. "Now that's a beating!"

And he was right! Irma was running for her life from Cassidy as she was firing away with streams of water as Irma. Cassidy then shot some water at the ground in front of Irma and them froze it making the Water Guardian slip and slide towards the wall of the chamber. And to add insult to injury, Cassidy hit Irma with a stream of water making her go faster towards the wall hitting it hard! Nolan was also pleased to se that Angelo had just defeated Peter, Nigel, and Eric with some kind of pincher moves that knocked them out.

"Nicely done!", Nolan said before he turned his attention to Will and Nerissa who were fighting next to the Aurameres of the Dark Guardians. "This should be interesting!"

Suddenly, Angelo appears with his superspeed and knocks Will against the Aurameres! Once he did this, the Heart of Kandrakar touches Nerissa's Auramere and then a bright light envelopes the chamber, blinding Nolan!

"What is this?", Nolan questioned as he covered his eyes. "What is happening?"

About a minute later, the light fades away. As this happens, Nolan's vision clears. One it is clear again, he looks towards the Aurameres to see that Angelo and Joe's Aurameres are gone! He begins to panic when he sees that his Dark Guardians are regular Guardians again!

"NO!", Nolan yelled fearing that his plans were ruined. "This can't be happening!"

But then he looks over at W.I.T.C.H. to see that the color of their outfits begin to change slowly as they lay on the ground passed out. Matt then goes to Will, worrying about her. He takes her in his arms when she awakes.

"Will! Are you okay?", Matt asked concerned.

Will smiled a creepy smile at Matt. Seeing this, Nolan realises what has happened as a smirk creeps up on his face.

"More than I ever will be, my dear heart.", she said evilly.

"Will?", Matt questions as he noticed something was wrong.

Will suddenly breaks free of his grip and went to stand with the other girls. Now the others noticed it as well. The colors of the girls were darker than before. For Hay Lin, Cornelia, and Irma, their tops and stockings were now black while their skirts were red as well as Cornelia's boots and Hay lin and Irma's shoes. As for Will and Taranee, their tops and stockings were red and Will's boots and skirt were black as well as Taranee's shorts and shoes.

"Oh no!", Eric said in horror.

"This can't be good!", Nigel muttered.

"Aw, crap!", Peter said.

Suddenly, an ominous laughter was heard. The former Dark Guardians together with Matt, Huggles, Caleb, Nigel, Eric and Peter searched for the source. Nolan walked up from behind W.I.T.C.H.!

"This is even better than I hoped for.", he said as he placed a hand on Will's shoulder.

Will smiled maliciously as she looked up at Nolan.

"Now I have the Real Guardians with the Heart of Kandrakar! With them, no one can stop me!", he said as he, together with W.I.T.C.H., started to laugh evilly.

"What's gives? They made the dark Guardians good again but how come they still have powers?', Matt asked confused. "And how come that they're now bad and controlled by Nolan?"

"Simple, fools!", Nolan said with a smirk. "When the Heart Of Kandrakar touched one of the Dark Guardian's Aurameres, it felt that the Keeper wanted to do anything that is possible to restore the Dark Guardians' good side!"

"But in doing that, W.I.T.C.H. took our place!", Halinor figured seeing the results.

"Indeed.", Nolan said with a sinister smile as he turned towards W.I.T.C.H. "So, my new Dark Guardians, what do you want to do now?"

Will acted as if she was thinking as she tapped her chin while looking up at the ceiling of the chamber. She then smiled a nasty smile.

"I want to crush your former Dark Guardians. We need to get even for what they did to us.", she said as she cracked her knuckles while some electricity flew around.

The other girls followed her example.

"So, who wants to start the fun?", Nolan asked ready to enjoy the fight.

"Allow me!", Cornelia said as she shot a telekinetic blast at Kadma, sending her into a wall.

"Kadma!", Joe yelled fearing for his wife.

Seeing this, Yan Lin used her powers to current of wind to stop Kadma from hitting the wall and set her gently on the ground.

"You okay?", Joe asked with concern for his wife as he helped her to her feet.

"I've been better.", Kadma said looking towards the new Dark Guardians.

"This is way more fun.", Cornelia then said with a smirk. "We should have gone bad a long time ago."

"I agree with you on this one Corny.", Irma said.

"Don't call me Corny!", Cornelia yelled back.

"Well, at least that hasn't changed about them.", Peter said.

"My turn!", Hay Lin said as she sent a whirlwind at Yan Lin. "Let's see how you like it, Granny!"

But before the whirlwind hit Yan Lin, Kadma countered in time by raising a small wall between Yan Lin and the whirlwind.

"Thanks, Kadma.", Yan Lin said to her friends.

"No problem.", Kadma said. "Just returning the favor."

"Did I really sound like that?", she questioned as she looked at Angelo refering to what Hay Lin said.

"Afraid so.", Angelo said awkwardly.

"Girls! We don't want to hurt you!", Matt said. "Will, you know better than this!"

"Knew. Matt. I knew better.", Will said as she narrowed her yes. "But if you want to fight with them, then it's over between us!", she said as she sent a bolt of lightning at Matt.

Matt countered by shooting his eyebeams at the bolt, creating a small explosion!

"They won't listen!", Eric said as he looked at Hay Lin sadly.

"Could of fooled me.", Caleb said sarcastic before turning his attention to Cornelia. "Stop this, Cornelia! I know the real you is in there somewhere!"

"But I'm having to much fun, Caleb.", Cornelia said. "And you can't stop us!"

"Think again!", Joe said getting the attention of W.I.T.C.H. as they glared at him. "We are with twelve while you are just with five! Give up now! You're outnumbered!"

The girls looked shocked at each other.

"Oh my.", Taranee said. "I think he is right."

"We are so gonna lose this.", Irma whined a bit.

"Unless...", Cornelia said with an evil glimmer in her eyes.

"We show them a little surprise.", Hay Lin added with a smirk.

The five of them then smirked at the others. C.H.Y.K.N., Matt, Angelo, Joe, Nigel, Eric, Peter and Caleb slowly backed away, not liking the look the five girls were giving them. Halinor's eyes widened when she remembered a feat the girls had achieved two years ago.

"No!", she said shocked. "You wouldn't!"

"Wouldn't what?", Cassidy asked confused.

"Zenith form!", Halinor said, getting gasps from everyone.

"They wouldn't.", Matt said as he looked at Will.

Will placed a finger on her chin.

"We wouldn't?", she asked Taranee, before a smirk came to her face.

"Of course we would.", Taranee replied with a grin before taking a mock bow. "After you.", she said to Will.

Will grinned and casted one last look on their enemies before holding up the Heart of Kandrakar.

"Farwell, my former Dark Guardians.", Nolan said with a sinister smile. "You were of great use to me. But now your services are no longer needed."

"Well, you're about to lose five more employees!", Joe said with a smirk. "Isn't that right, Kiddo?"

"Yep!", Will said surprising Nolan.

"What?", Nolan questionmed looking at Will who quickly turned to face him.

Before Nolan could react, Will balled up her fist and decked him sending him flying against the wall of the chamber.

"What just happened?", Nigel questioned.

"That's what I'd like to know!", Nolan growled as he got to his feet while glaring at W.I.T.C.H.

But his glare turned into a look of shock as W.I.T.C.H.'s outfits returned back to normal.

"What the heck?", Nolan questioned.

"Surprise!", Cornelia said as she hit Nolan with a telekinetic blast knocking him back against the wall again.

"But how?", Peter questioned.

Suddenly, a light flashed around the Aurameres to reveal that there were gone! "The Aurameres!", Nolan shocked that they were gone. "But I thought..."

"You thought what?", Joe questioned. "That you had the Guardian under your control?"

"Sorry. But no!", Will said. "Just a little glamour here and there to fool you."

"Why you little...!", Nolan began to say as he got to his feet only to be hit by a thing of lightning by Nerissa.

Kadma followed through by making some vines grow around Nolan holding him at bay.

"Anytime now, Rissa!", Cassidy said as Nolan tried to break free of the vines.

"Right!", Nerissa said as she used her Heart to open a fold. "Let's move people!"

"Yeah right!", Matt said. "No way I'm following..."

"Let's go, Matt!", Will said as she went through the fold with C.H.Y.K.N., Joe, and Angelo surprising the others.

"Did she lose it?", Nigel questioned.

"Don't know.", Cornelia said. "But anyplace is better than being here!", Cornelia said as she and Hay Lin went through the fold.

"She has a point.", Peter said.

Nodding in agreement, the rest of them went through the fold, leaving Nolan bound in vines.

"Why those dirty little... AAAAAAAAHH!", he yelled in fury as he unleashed a burst of power that destroyed the vines as the fold closed. "This isn't over! This is far from over!"

As for C.H.Y.K.N., W.I.T.C.H., and everybody else, they found themselves in a field with a few trees around them. In the distance, they could see a what looked like a city.

"Where are we?", Eric questioned.

"Welcome to Balsilide.", Halinor said. "Home of the Oracle."

A/N: Just when Nolan thought that he had what he wanted, he get the rug pulled out from under him! Serves him right! But how did all this come to past? Was this all Will's plan, or did she have some help? Find out in the next chapter!

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