Recap of Chapter Six

"I knew you Guardian's would come if I attacked that thief friend of yours." As Blunk shouted that he wasn't a thief but a discount salesman, the girls looked up to find Shagon floating several feet above them. Shagon noticing that two of the guardians was missing, asked where they were.

Irma shouted at him, that they where somewhere where he couldn't get to them. She then shouted at the others to spread out, while shooting a blast of water towards Shagon. Shagon easily dogged the water blast. Irma fired off another blast of water, and this time it was followed by an attack of air from Hay Lin. The two attacks combined, to form a large ice ball. Shagon allowed this attack to him, but easily brushed it off. "Guess what I heard is true after all. Without Will here to hold your hands, you guardians are nothing but weak little girls."

Looking over at Irma, Hay Lin said. "Maybe he's right. Without Will to transform us, what can we do against him?" Irma looked over towards Cornelia, to find her tending to Calab who had been knocked to the ground due to Shagon's first attack.

She then looked back up at Shagon. "You are wrong, Shagon! And I am going to prove it to you!"

Shagon seemed to smile at this. "Then give me your best shot, Water Guardian."

Chapter Seven

When Irma didn't do anything for several minutes, Shagon taunted her by asking what she was waiting for? Irma didn't say anything, but her glare towards him did darken. "I think I know what the problem is, young guardian. You are afraid of my counter attack, aren't you?" Shagon was silent for a few minutes after this. He then did something unexpected. He turned his back towards Irma. "Now then young guardian, give me your best shot."

Irma's anger towards Shagon continued to grow, but once again she did nothing involving an attack upon him. Sighing to himself, Shagon turned back around to face Irma. "Why do you hesitate? Don't you wish me destroyed? Then prove it!" Irma suddenly looked down at the ground. "Maybe you need some more motivation!"

Wondering what Shagon was doing, Irma raised her head to look at him, and found him turning towards Calab and Cornelia. Irma looking in the same direction, found Calab was now sitting up, but neither one of them seemed to be aware of the danger they was in. "Guys look out!" Irma yelled and started to run towards her friends.

Drawn to Irma's shout, Calab and Cornelia looked towards her to find her running towards them. They then looked up towards Shagon, and saw that his eyes were lite up for his attack, and it was aimed at them. Calab concerned more for Cornelia managed to raise his arms, and push her away from him. Shagon was just about to release his attack, when he was suddenly hit from behind. "Leave them alone, Shagon!"

Shagon still got his attack off, but it hit off to Calab's left side since his aim had been distracted by the attack upon him. Irma stopping when she heard the shout, looked up towards Shagon. However, her eyes landed upon the other person. "Will!"

The sudden sound of laughter, had everyone looking towards Shagon. "I knew you would show up sooner or later, Will."

Will's eyes narrowed at this comment. "So this was all a ploy to bring me here?"

"Not exactly." said Shagon. "But since I found out about your problems at school, and the fact that you couldn't leave your home, I couldn't resist the temptation to see how long it would take for you to come running."

Will was a little surprised by this, since she thought Shagon was Jason, and he already knew what had happened to her. "What are you talking about? You already knew about all of that."

Instead of saying anything, Shagon suddenly flew towards Will, and released a energy attack towards her. Will managed to dodge the energy blast, but didn't count on how fast Shagon was. Shagon caught her with a hard punch to the gut, which knocked the air out her lungs, and also sent her falling towards the ground. As the others yelled Will's name, Shagon said. "Looks like that hurt a bit. Didn't it Will?" Will landed on the ground hard, and didn't get up right away. Irma started to run towards her, but Will managing to sit up, shouted for her to stay back!

As Will got back to her feet and looked up at Shagon, Irma shouted at her to let them help her. Will replied with. "No! He made me break a promise, so he is mine!" Will then flew towards Shagon, releasing an attack of lightning towards him. Since Will's attack was fueled by her anger, Shagon was easily able to dodge her attack.

"Is this all you got Will?" taunted Shagon. Seeing Will become even angrier, he added. "There's that fiery temper I heard about. Now, show me the reason why Matt calls you a hot-head!"

Hearing Matt's name, Will's anger suddenly turned to hate and she shouted. "What did you do to Matt?" as a aura of hate towards Shagon, appeared around her. Flying towards Shagon, Will began to try and punch any part of him she could reach, not realizing that she was giving him what he wanted.

Shagon let her wail on him for some minutes, before stopping her by capturing her wrists in his hands. As Will continued to try and fight him by kicking him, Shagon's eyes lite up. "I'll be sure and let Matt know, how hard you fought for him, Will." Shagon released his attack and hit Will directly in the chest. Will screamed for a few minutes, then suddenly went quiet as she suddenly went limp. Releasing Will's wrist, Shagon let Will fall towards the ground, before flying off. The girls frozen in fear, watched as Will fell towards the ground. She would have hit it, if it hadn't been for Calab.

Seeing that Will had been saved, the girls snapped out of there frozen states, and quickly rushed towards Calab while calling out Will's name. Hay Lin was the first to reach Calab's side, as he knelt down and placed Will down on the ground. "Is she okay?" asked Hay Lin as Irma and Cornelia arrived. Looking down at Will, the two girls gasped as they saw that the front of Will's top, had been burnt.

Calab reaching out his hand, placed two of his fingers up against, Will's neck. "I am feeling a pulse, so she is still alive." Removing his hand from Will's neck, he added. "She must have passed out from the pain, she was in."

As Cornelia asked what they should do, a sudden groan came Will, and her eyes fluttered open. "What happened?" The three girls shouted Will's name, happy that she was awake. This unfortunately caused Will to flinch. "Not so loud guys."

The three girls quickly apologized. Will told them it was alright, then once again asked what had happened? Irma responded, by asking Will if she remembered fighting Shagon?

Will moved into a sitting up position, and flinched in pain. Raising her arm, she placed her hand up over her chest. "Damn that hurts."

At Will's words, Irma suddenly shouted. "You're lucky to be alive, Will! What was you thinking, fighting Shagon alone?"

Will getting over her pain, countered with. "And what about all of you, Irma? If it wasn't for Taranee contacting me, I wouldn't even have been here! What would you have done then?!"

As Will got painfully to her feet, Irma reminded her that she wasn't even supposed to be there, since she was grounded.

"That wasn't my fault and you know it, Irma." Shouted Will. "Maybe you would have liked it better, if I had done what I had promised my mom, and not have came here to save you!"

Hay Lin not liking that her friends were fighting, tried to calm the two girls down. "Guys please stop fighting, we're a team."

Both Irma and Will turned to Hay Lin, and shouted. "Stay out of this, Hay Lin!" Will and Irma then went back to their argument, not even noticing the tears that filled Hay Lin's eyes.

Cornelia however did notice, Hay Lin's tears. She started to tell Will and Irma off, but before she could do so a portal appeared, and a cat like woman stepped out. "That is enough, both of you!" Knowing who the woman was, Irma and Will quickly stopped their bickering with one another and turned to face the cat like woman.

It was Will who spoke first. "Luba? What are you doing here?"

"That should be obvious, considering the way you two are acting." said Luba glaring at both Will and Irma. "But since the two of you can't seem to get along, I have been sent here by The Oracle to take back the Heart of Kandrakar."

"He can't do that!" shouted Will.

"Do not presume to know what the Oracle can and can not do, young guardian!" shouted Luba. "Now give me the Heart of Kandrakar."

Left with no choice, Will removed the Heart from herself and immediately returned to her normal self. She then held the Heart out towards Luba. Before Luba could take it however, Calab grabbed it out of Will's hand. "What are you doing, young leader?" asked Luba looking towards Calab.

"How do we know you are the real Luba?" stated Calab which caused Will and Irma to look at him, then back to Luba as they remembered the last time something like this had happened. Calab then held the Heart back out towards Will. "You know what to do, Will."

Will nodded, and held out her hand. After Calab had placed the heart into her hand, Will turned back to Luba. "If the heart proves that you are the real Luba, I will hand over the heart to you. Agreed?"

Luba only nodded, and leant forward slightly since she was taller then Will. Will let the heart dangle a bit from her hand, then let it touch Luba's forehead. After a few minutes of this, and with nothing happening, Luba asked. "Are you satisfied, young guardian?" As Luba stood back up straight, Will nodded and held the heart out towards her.

As Luba took the heart into her hand, Irma shouted. "Will, you can't do this?"

"I don't have any choice, Irma. Luba is who she says she is, and her orders came from the Oracle."

"You made the right decision, young guardian." said Luba. She then turned away from the girls, and stepped back into the portal that had brought her there. Soon as Luba had stepped into the portal, it closed.

Irma then turned to face Will, and shouted. "I can't believe you did that, Will!" Will started to respond, but Irma shouted that she didn't want to hear it, and began to walk away leaving the others behind.

Will sighed, but in truth she couldn't blame Irma for being angry. She then felt a hand on her shoulder, and found Cornelia standing there. "Are you going to yell at me too, Cornelia?" asked Will expecting Cornelia to do so.

Cornelia sighed, then moved around to stand in front of Will. "No Will, I am not going to yell at you for giving up the Heart of Kandrakar. For like you told Irma, you didn't have any choice in the matter." Will told her thanks. "Oh don't thank me yet, Will, for you are not off the hook with me just yet." Cornelia then placed her hands on top of Will's shoulder and forcibly turned her around so she was facing Hay Lin. "Look what you and Irma did to Hay Lin!" shouted Cornelia. Hay Lin had sat down on the ground, pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. You could hear, that she was sobbing. Cornelia then turned Will back around to face her. "You and Irma both shouted at Hay Lin, when she was only trying to get the two of you to stop fighting with each other. I suggest you, fix this!" Cornelia removed her hand from Will's shoulder, and moving away from her moved over to Calab. She then took a hold of Calab's arm. "Come on Calab. Let's leave Will and Hay Lin alone to work this out." Calab started to protest that it wasn't safe to leave Will and Hay Lin alone. Cornelia however, pulled him away from the area stopping only once they reached Blunk. Blunk started to speak, but Cornelia interrupted him, telling him the same thing she had told Calab. She then made her way past Blunk, still pulling Calab along behind her. Blunk took another look towards Will and Hay Lin, then with a sigh he took off after Cornelia.

Sighing to herself, Will turned back around, then moved a bit closer to Hay Lin. She then sat down on the ground in front of the distraught girl. "Hay Lin, please look at me." said Will softly.

Hay Lin shook her head no, and Will heard her mumble. "Why did you yell at me, Will?"

Will sighed again. "Hay Lin, I am really sorry that I yelled at you. I shouldn't have done it."

Hay Lin raised her head. "You're right Will, you shouldn't have. But you did, and I want to know why? What did I do to deserve that? I... I thought you was my friend." Hay Lin then placed her head back down on her knees, so she wasn't looking at Will.

Will wasn't really sure how her current plan was going to turn out, but she got to her feet. Once she was standing she made her way over to Hay Lin's side and sat down next to her. Hay Lin having heard Will's movements raised her head to see what was going on. Finding Will now sitting beside her, she started to ask the young red head what she was doing. Before Hay Lin could ask her question however, Will had wrapped her arms around her, surprising the young girl. "Um Will, what are you doing?"

"I'm showing my friend, how much I care about her." said Will.

There was a few minutes of silence, as Hay Lin tried to grasp the meaning behind what Will had said. 'This is really nice.' thought Hay Lin as Will continued to hold her. Will broke Hay Lin's thoughts by calling her name. "Yes Will?"

"I will say it several times if I have too, Hay Lin, but once again I am very sorry for yelling at you." said Will. "And if you want to stop being my friend because of this, I won't try and stop you, since I deserve it after what I did to you." Feeling Hay Lin move, Will let the young girl go.

Hay Lin having moved so she was now facing Will, found the young red head sitting there with her head bowed, and her hands placed down in her lap. Will heard Hay Lin sigh, but didn't raise her head. "Will, will you please look at me?" asked Hay Lin. Apparently it was better for her to see it coming then hide from it, Will raised her head. "Will, I am not going to deny that you shouting at me, didn't hurt. Because it did."Will started to apologize again, but Hay Lin cut her off. "Will, let me finish okay." When Will nodded, Hay Lin let out another sigh. "Like I said Will, you shouting at me really hurt. But it would be nothing compared to the hurt I would feel, if you stopped being my friend."

This caused Will to smile, and ask. "So, I guess that means I am forgiven for yelling at you?" Hay Lin returned the smile, and nodded her head. "Thanks for forgiving me, Hay Lin. And I promise to not yell at you."

Hay Lin, shook her head no at this. "Will, don't make promises you can't keep." Will started to tell her that she would keep it, but Hay Lin raised her hand, and placed her fingers up over Will's lips. "Grandma told me this a long time ago. She said that no matter how great a bond of friendship is, there is always going to be times of conflict. But if it is true friendship, those bonds will never break, no matter what comes between that friendship."

Will sat back, and Hay Lin lowered her arm. "That is pretty deep, Hay Lin." said Will. "But if what you just said is true, then why did we go through the whole making up process?"

"Truthfully Will, I didn't remember anything about what Grandma had told me, until you hugged me and told me that you was showing me, how much you cared about me." Will sent Hay Lin another smile, then the two girls got to their feet.

Once they were both standing, Will surprised Hay Lin once more, by wrapping her arms around her in another hug. "Thanks for being my friend, Hay Lin." said Will. Hay Lin returned the hug, and told Will the same thing. They held the hug for a few minutes, before letting each other go. "Come on Hay Lin. I will walk you home."

As Will started to walk off, Hay Lin got her attention. "That is nice of you Will, but won't you get in trouble if you are not at home, and your mom finds out?"

Will coming to a stop, turned back to face Hay Lin. "Yes I would get in trouble Hay Lin, but I need to tell your grand mother what happened concerning the Heart of Kandrakar." said Will. "This is much more important, then if I get in trouble or not."

"I can tell grandma, what happened Will." said Hay Lin.

Will shook her head no. "No Hay Lin. The Heart of Kandrakar was my responsibility, and it was my fault that it was taken. I need to be the one to take responsibility for that." Will then turned away from Hay Lin, and started to head in the direction of the city. Hay Lin sighed to herself, then took off after Will.
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It was late by the time Will and Hay Lin, made it to the Silver Dragon. Making their way inside, they found the restaurant empty except for a few late night couples. Having heard the ringing of the bell above the door, Yan Lin made her way out of the kitchen to find the two girls. One look at Will, told her that something was wrong. "What has happened?" asked Yan Lin. Before saying anything, Will asked her if they could talk in private. Yan Lin nodded, and motioned for the two girls to follow her.

A short time later, Yan Lin and the girls were down in the basement. Hay Lin looked over at the spot where they had left Taranee, and found it empty. Asking her grandma about Taranee, Hay Lin was told that Taranee had left a few minutes after they had. Yan Lin then asked her original question, on what had happened.

Will sighed, then said. "I lost the Heart of Kandrakar." A look of alarm crossed Yan Lin's face, and she told Will to explain everything that had happened. Will nodded, then taking a deep breath began to tell Yan Lin everything that had occurred, once she had found the others. Will told Yan Lin about how she had fought Shagon alone, and how the fight had ended. Yan Lin interrupted, and asked Will if she was okay? Will nodded, and told her that she was fine, missing the worried look from Hay Lin when she didn't tell Yan Lin that she had been burned.

Will then continued to tell Yan Lin, what had transpired after Shagon had blasted her. As Will told her in detail the fight that she had had with Irma, Yan Lin sighed and closed her eyes. "This is very bad indeed."

"I'm afraid it get's worse." said Will looking over at Hay Lin. When Yan Lin asked her to continue, Will nodded and began to tell her on how she and Irma had yelled at Hay Lin. A very stern look crossed Yan Lin's face at this.

Yan Lin started to speak, but Hay Lin spoke first. "It is okay grandma. Will apologized for yelling at me, and I have forgiven her." Hay Lin could tell that her grandma was still angry, but she didn't say anything except for asking Will what happened after that.

"After Irma and I had yelled at Hay Lin, we went back to our argument." said Will. "I saw Cornelia move towards us, to apparently do something. I didn't find out what it was until, after I had lost the Heart." Will paused for a moment to take a breath, then told Yan Lin about the portal appearing next to them, and Luba coming out of it.

Yan Lin's eyes widened at this. "Are you certain that it was Luba, that came out of the portal?" Will nodded, and told her about how she had used the Heart on Luba, and on how Luba stayed in her cat like form. "Was the oracle with her?"

"No." said Will. "She was by herself. She told us that the oracle had sent her to retrieve the Heart."

"It couldn't have been Luba, that appeared before you." said Yan Lin. Will and Hay Lin looked at each other, then back to Yan Lin.

"Grandma, what do you mean it wasn't Luba?" asked Hay Lin. "Will used the heart on her, and it didn't change her."

"I don't know why the heart didn't change her, Hay Lin." said Yan Lin with another sigh. "But I can say this. It wasn't Luba who took the heart from you. Especially if she was alone, since Luba would die if she left Kandrakar by herself."

"Then who did I give the Heart of Kandrakar too?" asked Will.

"I don't know." said Yan Lin. "And without the heart, we have no means of finding out."
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Will stayed at the Silver Dragon for several minutes, trying to come up with some way to get to Kandrakar, or at the least get in touch with Blunk who was currently back with Calab on Meridian. When she suddenly yelled in frustration, it was Hay Lin that managed to convince Will to go home and rest. Will tried to protest, but Hay Lin wouldn't give in, and with a sigh Will agreed to return home.

End of Chapter Seven

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1. This is actually for both parts. I did try to make the fight with Shagon interesting, but I have a feeling that I wasn't able to do as good as I had planned. The following fight between Will and Irma was a added scenario hoping to add interest to the story. The make up session between Will and Hay Lin, probably came out really sappy. And no there isn't going to be any kind of relationship between them, other then good friends.

The second part involves Luba. I don't know a whole lot about her, outside of her being keeper of the Auramers and that she is part cat. So, as far as on wither she can leave Kandrakar or not, I have no idea. I however, used the plan that she couldn't leave by herself without dying, and while I didn't say the reason why in the story, it is because she can't fully control her powers alone, and keep guard over the Auramers at the same time, without someone helping her to balance the two.

(A/N: I had originally planned to have Will get caught by Susan in this chapter, and that lead to Susan saying something's that upset Will, causing her to run away. However, with all of the drama I added with the fight between Will and Irma, I decided to forgo that altercation. Now I won't say that it won't happen, but I will wait and see.)

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