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A/N: Wow I'm turning these out one after another. Trying my hardest to finish this now. I'm thinking if I lay this story to rest after being incomplete so long. I can more on to completing some of the other I have.

Love is a Hearts Child: 3 – Two Halves of Dark Hearts

Chapter 5

Elyon screamed in shock as Irma and Cornelia appeared in front of her. An on duty guards in the study room drew his sword at the intruders. Two more bursting through the door with swords also drawn. "Guards, swords away." Elyon ordered standing from her desk, gesturing with her arm to emphasis her order. "You should use the door you two. Not that upset to see you." Elyon said walking around her desk up to two guardians. "Sorry Elyon but we're in a hurry." Cornelia said. "Irma go find Vathek. I'll explain to Elyon." Irma didn't argue at being ordered by Cornelia. "You come with me." Irma pointed at one of the guards. The guard turned to the queen with a questioning look. "Go." Elyon ordered quickly. "What is going on?" Elyon asked Cornelia, as the guard rushed after Irma.

Cornelia quickly explained Brigitte disappearance, and what Taranee had told them to do. "The Collector, wasn't that, that black orb that attacked months?" Elyon asked, she had been told mostly what had happened back then but not all the facts. The Collector had been beat and that was what mattered at the time. "I'm sure Irma can get Vathek and some men to search the library, like Taranee wants, but I'm not sure what other help I can offer." Elyon told. "You should really visit more often when bad things aren't happening." Elyon added giving Cornelia a hug.

"I know, can't you try and locate her with your magic?" Cornelia asked returning the hug. "No I can only scry on those I know, I haven't met her yet. You can bet when we find her though that will change." Elyon replied with certainty that they would find her. "Plus if the oracle can't, unless he's lying, I doubt that I would be able to even if I did." Elyon explained not above taking a stab at the oracle for his prior actions. "Let's get to the library, I know it better than most, but I don't recall ever seeing anything about this collector. But then again there is more books in there than one person could ever hope to read." Elyon said heading for the door.

"Wait couldn't you try and use you magic to find them?" Cornelia asked as the pair walked through the castle hallway. "You met the collector." Cornelia added. "Possibly I might be able to find anything that he personally had a hand in writing. I did the same years ago to try and find dangers my brother may have left behind. Though anything written about him, not by him, wouldn't be found that way." The queen told Cornelia. "It's better than nothing." Cornelia hoped speeding up her pace a little.

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"Do you really think this is a good idea, it doesn't feel right." Caleb asked Hay Lin as the women sat down next to them after Taranee had disappeared. "I trust Taranee's judgement, I just hope it helps." Hay Lin answered and reached forward placing a hand on Will's head. Trying to think of a memory Will could have that would be both happy and connected to music or sound in some way. Only one thing occurred to her, and she started humming a tune that was by someone long lost.

Memories flooded over Will, immediately shocking her. There was good, there was bad and then there was anger. Will pushed Hay Lin and Caleb away. Stuck for just a second in the pass, before realizing what was going on. Standing up calmly Will looked at Hay Lin. "Couldn't you have thought of something else then that?" Will asked sounding slightly annoyed. "I'm so sorry. Really sorry I couldn't think of anything else." Hay Lin apologised profusely looking ashamed. "What was that?" Caleb asked not know what the tune was. "It was one of Matt's songs." Will replied to the question heading towards the portal. "Ohhh." Caleb muttered to himself, upset that it hadn't been memories of him or their daughter that had brought Will around.

"Let's go find my daughter." Will said determined, before disappearing into the portal. "Will wait." Hay Lin called out too late. "Go after her, I have to wait for Cedric, like Taranee asked otherwise they'll not know where everyone's gone." Hay Lin told Caleb. It wasn't really needed as Caleb was already darting after her.

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In a realm of pure darkness and nothing else a whirlwind of voices argued, booming from all direction as if they could do so no other way. "TAKING HER MEMORIES WAS A BIG RISK. SHE COULD HAVE REMAINED LIKE THAT THEN WHERE WOULD WE BE." They spoke to nothing. "YES INDEED IT WAS BUT NOW SHE WILL DO AS WE WANT WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT. PLUS HAD SHE REMAINED LIKE THAT I COULD BE HAPPY IN THE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING." They replied to themselves.

"NEXT TIME ASK BEFORE YOU ACT. I WILL NOT HAVE YOU RISK THE PLAN LIKE THAT. AND WHAT COULD YOU DO TO STOP ME. IF WE HAD LEFT HER WITH HER MEMORIES SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD THE OTHERS. BUT STILL WILL SHE HAVE DONE AS WE ASKED SHE WILL NOT RISK THE CHILD." The voices continued to argue with themselves, all the time watching events as they unfolded.

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"That makes twelve." Taranee spoke to no one. Looking at the wall of Meridian Street that was where the last of the twelve portals would have formed if Meridian was cut off from earth. With or without magic they would not open. It seemed that they would only form if there was no other means of getting between the worlds. She didn't know if that was good thing or a bad thing, but it was better to know either way. That way she could rule them out. With that job done Taranee started making her way towards the castle. Hopefully Will was better; hopefully Irma and Cornelia had found something. Hopefully there was some magical item in the collector book that would allow them to find Brigitte. She hoped and walked.

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Will appeared, closely followed by Caleb in the library of Meridian. Meridian men and women didn't notice their arrival to distracted by the searching the bookcases. "Will!" Irma cried happily to see Will back on her feet crushing in a hug. Will returned the hug. Elyon, Vathek and Cornelia approach more calmly then Irma had. The ladies join in with the hug. "It is good to see you Caleb. I am sorry for the situation. We are doing everything we been asked in order to help." Vathek reassured, before pulling Caleb into a hug with one arm and grabbing and pulling the girls into with the other.

The hug eventually ended. "Have you found anything? Did Taranee even explain why she thought the collector is involved?" Will asked with haste trying her hardest not to lose her calm state again. "No but I'll explain now." The voice of Taranee replied from the doors. "It's not that collector may be involved, it ruling him out. Figure out if there is any way he could recover enough power to snatch Will's daughter, as well as find his collection possibly and see if there is anything in it that could locate her. Meanwhile you and Elyon need to start searching for Phobos like last time; if he had returned either he must have left some trace behind." Taranee explained.

"It's the collector I'm sure of it." Irma spoke up surprising the others. "Why do you say that?" Elyon asked. "I can feel it; I can almost see him taking Brigitte like I was there. Ever since we got here it like I can see his face laughing at me." Irma tried to explain. "Irma we don't even what he looks like. We never saw him only people he possessed." Will said in return. "I Know OKAY, I Know It's him." Irma shouted at the group. "I'm around the same magic whenever I see Steven. I know that magic and I can feel it's him." Irma continued shouting. "Irma calm down, I believe you." Will replied. "Really?" Irma asked shocked to hear Will agree.

"Yes I can feel it to. Forget Phobos, Irma's seen things the oracle hasn't before. I think she right. We're always looking for Phobos in the shadows, he said he'd be back and we believe it ever time. But I'm not going to look for him in the darkness, when I feel the darkness is something else." Will told the group. "Are you sure?" Taranee asked. "I'm sure, the collector would probably return to his collection after we defeated him. Keep everyone searching for any hint as the where that might be. We will all try to search for it together when Hay Lin arrives. With our combined power, nothing will stand in our way of finding my daughter." Will ordered the group, like the leader she was. Making Taranee smile glad to see the old Will back.