Will : Why does the previous chapter has to be so familiar?
Me : It's because it involves something else in the upcoming chapters, which it will come out soon.
Irma : What kind of involvement?
Me : Just some girl getting kidnap thought to be... Wait, why am I even telling you, Irma, I was suppose to save it till I explain it in the story.
Irma : Oh man, and I was that close.
Me : Now, if you don't mind, Will, here is the paper for the disclaimer.
Will : Alright, storyLover58 does not own W.I.T.C.H., or any other involvement of the cartoon.
Me : Now on with the story...
Chapter 5 : The Mirror
The guardians were outside a dark cave, waiting for the rest of the girls to regroup before they venture into the cave. The three girls stood outside, planning on what should they do when they found Zarla. 'We need a way to lay a trap on her,' Will said.
'What kind of trap?' Taranee asked.
'I don't know, actually, but I think I can improvise,' Will stated.
'Do you think she is in there? I mean, even if there is footprints on the ground leading into the cave doesn't mean that somebody could be in the cave,' Cornelia stated as she pointed at the direction of the cave.
'Maybe, but we got to try something,' Will said.
Just then, Taranee spotted the rest of the girls were flying towards them. The two girls landed just beside Will, wondering whether they have finally found Zarla secret lair. 'So, are we going or what?' Irma asked impatiently.
'Wait, I think I hear something,' Hay Lin said before she called the air around her. She then listen closely to the sound inside the cave. She heard a fold was opening before somebody came out of it, with an object that Hay Lin doesn't recognise by the sound of it. After the girl has placed the object in one of the room, she went back to close the fold.
'Well, what did you hear Hay-Hey?' Irma asked.
'I heard somebody in the cave, moving an object from the fold he or she came from before placing it, but that's all I can hear,' Hay Lin stated as the girls looked at each other before they nodded.
'Well, I can say that this is the right cave,' Will said before looking at Cornelia with a smirk.
'Come on then, let's go and kick some butt!' Irma said before she flew straight into the cave. The girls then hurriedly followed her into the cave, hoping that they have finally trapped Zarla in the cave.
As they reached the end of the cave, they were dazed at how the place was decorated with furniture, decorations and there was even a few rooms in the cave. Somebody could live here, just like any other houses in the village. 'Alright girls, let's split up. Since there is five rooms, each of us will go and check each one. And make sure either of you don't touch anything. And I mean it,' Will stated as the four girls nodded.
'Great, I will head into the bedroom, Taranee, into the bathroom, I think, Corny, check whether she could be hiding in that room, Irma, maybe you should check the kitchen and Hay Lin, if there is a basement, check it out,' Will commanded as she took charge of who was going to each of the rooms. The four girls nodded again before they went into their specific rooms.
Will was in the bedroom, doing some investigation of the place without touching anything. She thought that the whole bedroom looks like a princess bedroom, with a master bed with curtains covering the whole bed, the mattress looks like it was made from really expensive material and the bedroom was well decorated. Will thought that Zarla has a taste of art, like Hay Lin as she notice some arts on the walls of the bedroom.
While Will was in the bedroom, Cornelia was checking a room, which was completely empty since it was a spare room. 'Maybe this is Zarla's brother bedroom,' she thought as she looked around. She kept reminding herself not to touch anything, as she looked high and low for any clues.
As Cornelia was checking an empty room, Taranee was going through some cabinets in the bathroom. She wondered why there was a cabinet when there wasn't a single thing inside it. She then notice a mirror on the wall, but it was just a normal bathroom mirror and figured it couldn't be any interest as she continued to look for any sign of clues to where was Zarla hiding in the cave.
Down in the basement, Hay Lin almost fell down as she tripped on a box. She tried to pick it up, but it was too heavy for her. 'Man, how I wish Corny was here to pick this up,' Hay Lin thought before continuing to look through the basement. The place was filled with boxes, junks and old furniture. Hay Lin figured that this old stuff could worth hundreds if she sold them back at Heatherfield, but she didn't care about it as it wasn't any importance. She even kept reminding herself not to touch anything, apart from trying to figure out what was in the box.
And lastly, in the kitchen, Irma wasn't doing any investigating as she was rummaging through the crate in the kitchen. 'Boy, am I hungry,' Irma said to herself as she took a bite at her apple. She then spotted something on her right side. There was a white cloth covering some kind of object. Irma figured it could be the object that Hay Lin told them about earlier. Irma being her curious self went to find out what was behind the cloth. As she pulled down the cloth, she was surprised that it was a mirror. She kept on looking at herself through the mirror, without realising that the mirror was doing its magic. Irma was looking at herself, trying to find the perfect position before she went to have a closer look at the mirror. She even touch the mirror, forgetting Will's warning as she became too curious about it.
She then walked back a little before looking at herself for one last time. Then she placed back the white cloth back on before starting her investigation. What she doesn't know was that her mirrored self was already copied from the mirror. Even the mirror has copied the heart she wore, and her powers over water. She has made a huge mistake, a mistake that could be an unforgettable event when she finally realised what she has done.
After a few minutes of empty searching, the girls regroup back together again in the living room, where they separated earlier. 'So, found anything?' Will asked, hoping that the other girls has much more luck that her.
'Nope, the room was completely empty, and the place is filthy,' Cornelia said as she dust her hands.
'The bathroom is also empty, with the cabinets empty and the tub completely dry like nobody use it for years,' Taranee stated as she pointed at the bathroom she came from.
'The basement has lots of things, like boxes, old junks and old furniture. Hey, why don't we sell those olf furniture down in the basement,' Hay Lin said, before asking. She was now air-headed when she asked the others.
'Okay, let's forget about the furniture. What about you Irma, found anything?' Will asked as she looked at Irma.
'Nope, nothing,' Irma replied instantly. Will then eyed her suspiciously, as she knew that Irma didn't listen to her earlier.
'Irma, did you touch anything when you look for any clues?' Will asked.
'I didn't touch anything Will,' Irma lied, which Hay Lin could feel it in the air. Hay Lin didn't even know that she has the power to find out whether somebody was lying or telling the truth.
'Irma, you're lying to us, what did you do?' Hay Lin asked, which surprised both Irma and Will. But Will looked back at Irma, as she wanted to know what did Irma did.
'Alright, I took some fruits out of a crate. I'm hungry, okay,' Irma confessed as Will sigh.
'Irma, when I say don't touch anything, I really mean it, even if you wanted to eat or drink,' Will said as she crossed her arms.
'Alright already,' Irma said, getting annoyed. 'Sheesh, why can't I even have a little snack,' Irma mumbled under her own breathe.
'What was that?' Will asked as she heard Irma's mumbles.
'Nothing,' Irma protested.
'By the way, where is Zarla anyway?' Cornelia asked, as she was changing the subject.
'Now that you ask, I don't seem to see her,' Will said as she looked around.
'Maybe she chicken out,' Irma suggested. The others just rolled their eyes before they search the area again, making sure they didn't miss anything. While they search for Zarla, back in the kitchen, a girl has just came out of the mirror as the cloth was moving. Then the mirror disappeared into thin air as the copied figure has got out of it. Then the figure took the cloth off of her before revealing who she looked like. She looked almost like Irma, but with the only one difference, her personality. Instead of the good side, she was the opposite of it. She also has the mischievous personality of the real Irma, but with more daring. The copied Irma even has a heart, but not as powerful as the original heart of Aquariat. Even with the heart, she could be as strong as the real Irma, and she even dressed the same as her.
She headed out of the kitchen, taking some fruits along the way, before heading out of the cave. She then looked back into the cave for one last time before flying into the forest.
While the guardians searched the cave and the copied Irma heading into the forest, in Medimn, the king's trackers have finally return back to the palace. They entered the thrown hall, with some disturbing news for the king. 'My king, we have found our guards,' one of the tracker stated.
'Well, where are they? And did they found the maid?' the king asked.
The two trackers looked at each other before one of them continued to explain what they found. 'They aren't here, my king, but on another world,' he said which the king eyed him with a stern look.
'What! Where are they!' the king asked loudly.
'We don't know, but they went through a fold to look for the maid. As we went through the fold, we saw some girls flying in the air. And they took out two of our guards, we didn't have time to take them back, cause two of the girls were standing guard,' one of them explained, which the king's face was now red.
'Go and get me an army and bring my guards back! And get me back my maid!' the king ordered loudly. The two trackers bowed to him before exiting the thrown hall. 'Those girls will regret attacking my guards, and the palace over there will be mine to conquer,' the king stated as he got up from him chair before looking out the window.
As the king look out the window, two rebels were eavesdropping under the thrown hall. They looked at each other as they wondered what could the king be planning. 'Whatever he's planning, it can't be good. We need to tell Saldern about this,' one of them stated as the other rebel nodded. They then hurried down the tunnel to tell their leader about what they discovered.
As the army in Medimn was being called upon to attack Meridian, back in the cave, the girls have been searching for sometime now, but they can't find Zarla. 'Where is she, she can't disappear,' Will stated.
'Well, at least we know where she is hiding,' Cornelia said, trying to cheer up everyone else.
'Let's head back to the palace, we need to rest,' Will said as the others nodded. As the girls passed through the kitchen, Irma realised something missing. She noticed that the mirror was missing, cause she saw it an hour ago. She wondered where could it go, but she just followed the rest of the girls out of the cave.
Outside the cave, the guardians were heading to the palace where Elyon was living. On their way, Irma spotted something hiding behind a tree. She looked at it as she stopped. She was about to have a closer looked when Will called out. 'Irma, are you coming or not?' Will asked.
'Coming,' Irma replied before having one last looked at the tree. She could have sworn she spotted somebody hiding behind the tree, but she figured it could be just her imagination.
But Irma was right to have a closer look, cause her copy was hiding behind it. She was spying at the guardians, and the first person she would get rid of was her original self, Irma. Once she got rid of her, she would have no problem getting rid of the rest of the group. She even have a friend to help out. 'Good, they didn't suspect me,' the copied Irma stated.
'I want the water guardian the most, will you join me?' the other girl asked.
'Yes, Zarla, I will join you,' the copied Irma replied before shaking hands with Zarla, but on the other hand, the copied Irma crossed her fingers behind her back as she didn't agreed to help Zarla, as she had other plans for the guardians.
Well, here it is. The reason about this story, I know Irma would be stubborn, unlike the others. Anyway, I wonder why I haven't heard any reviews from Lexvan nowadays. And lastly, have any of you readers realised that this story is a lot different than my first story? I'm not sure cause it felt a lot of different. Oh, and type some reviews for me, thanks.
Oh, and one more thing, the copied Irma, I will change the form to BOLD:
Irma (The copied of the real Irma)