Irma : Why do I have a feeling that I'm in trouble?
Me : You will be, but not right now.
Will : I would really like to know about it, but when are you telling us?
Me : Soon, but first, disclaimer.
Irma : Great, we came here for answers, but all we ever do was reading the disclaimer stuff.
Me : Just read it and stop complaining.
Will : storyLover58 does not own W.I.T.C.H., or any other rights of the cartoon.
Me : Now, let's get this cartoon on the go...
Chapter 6 : An Attack On Meridian
The guardians were in the palace, talking to Elyon, Caleb and Raythor about what they found. 'So, Zarla wasn't in the cave when you guys thought she was,' Elyon stated.
'Yeah, but we don't know how she escape,' Will said.
'Something tells me somebody let her the slip,' Cornelia stated before all the girls eyed at Irma. Irma realised they were looking at her, which made her feel uncomfortable.
'Erm... why are you guys looking at me like that?' Irma asked innocently.
'Oh, I don't know, maybe because you were stuffing your mouth with those fruits that you let Zarla slip behind you!' Will stated as she crossed her arms while the others glare at Irma.
'Hold up, if she was there, I could sense her presence And besides, she could take any one of us out first, but she didn't,' Irma stated.
'I can't believe I'm saying this, but she has a point,' Taranee said, backing up for Irma.
'Fine, but I think there is something else Irma is hiding from us,' Cornelia said as she eyed Irma suspiciously. The others then looked at her.
Irma saw that she has no choice but to tell them about the mirror that she found. 'Alright, you guys win, happy?' Irma asked them. 'Yes, I found something else, but it was just a mirror, nothing to worry about,' Irma said, as like nothing happened.
'Did you touch it?' Will asked her suspiciously.
'No,' Irma replied a little too fast.
'Irma...' Will warned her.
'Alright, I did touch it, but just a teensy bit,' Irma said as her hand moved to show them she did was a little bit.
'Irma, why does everything you think is interesting to touch,' Will said as she wa angry at Irma for not listening to her.
'I can't help myself, besides, it's just a mirror, what harm can it do?' Irma said innocently.
'I hope you said was right, or you are in one hell of regrets,' Cornelia said.
BOOM!
'What was that?' Will asked as an explosion erupted outside the palace. The girls and the two males hurried to the window and saw another explosion just outside the village. The Meridian army was there to defend the village from the attack.
'You were saying Irma,' Cornelia said sarcastically.
'Corny, this is no time to point fingers,' Will said as Taranee, Hay Lin and Elyon flew out the window. 'And Irma, we will talk about this later,' Will warned her as she followed the others. Both Raythor and Caleb already left the place as they were hurrying to defend the palace from any attack.
Irma was just standing there, looking out the window, as she was wondering could she have done this. She then shook her head as she remind herself that this couldn't be her fault. She knew that an ordinary mirror couldn't do anything this huge, let alone explosions. She then flew out the window to help her friends, even if they were angry at her.
In the battle, the army of Meridian were holding the attack. Even sandpit and Gargoyle came to help them out, but it wasn't enough seeing that the enemy brought some contraption with them. One of it looks like a catapult, powered with a steam engine, and another one that looks like a tank, but instead of metal, it was made out of wood for armour. But what it shoot out was like a cannon, destroying everything in its path. 'We need to hold the line!' the captain of the army called out, who goes by the name of Tynar. He was promoted to captain by Elyon herself and Raythor, seeing he was the one who help the rebels the most.
The rest of the army shout out before continuing to hold the line. And just as the catapult about to fling its load, a fireball was seen hitting the catapult frame before collapsing over its own weight.
'Nice shot T,' Will congratulate her as they joined in the battle.
'Cornelia, there are wounded men down there,' Elyon called out.
'I'm on it!' Cornelia replied quickly before heading towards the wounded soldiers. Cornelia then hurriedly made a makeshift tent out of stones and earth, for some protection from outside the battle zone.
'Well, now that is what I call pitch up your tent,' Elyon said as she noticed that the tent was pitch up within a few seconds.
'Elyon, you go and help Corny with those healing stuff, we can hold them off!' Will called out as she also notice the tent.
Elyon nodded before heading into the tent to help Cornelia out. She saw that inside the tent, there was a long row of beds, with injured soldiers laying on them. She was surprised that Cornelia could do this in just a few minutes. Elyon saw Cornelia was already healing one of the soldiers who was wounded badly. 'Need some help?' Elyon asked. She already knew the answer, but she just ask for fun.
'Go and try to find anyone who have the worst wounds, then try to heal them,' Cornelia said, not taking her eyes off the wound.
'Got it!' Elyon said before she went straight to work.
Outside, Irma was heading towards the battle as she was the last one to exit the palace. The rest of the girls was already defending the place, as she could see the tent on the ground, and the damage that was around the battlefield. Irma kept on reminding herself that she didn't do this, as she continued her flight.
Right under her, a net gun was shot at her, before capturing her. She was trapped in the net as her wings was tangled in the net. She was now falling straight towards the ground. 'Guys, help!' Irma yelled as she saw that the ground was fast approaching. She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact, but for some reason, it never came. As Irma slowly opened her eyes, she noticed that she was in the air, just above the ground. She then breath in some relief as a friend of hers save her. 'Thanks Hay Lin,' she said as Taranee burned the net around Irma.
'Keep on your guard, who knows what they will use to attack us,' Taranee stated.
'Got it,' Irma said as she got out of the net. She then followed the two girls into the battle before joining Will.
Will saw that Irma has finally joined them as she shot quintessence at the enemy. 'Alright, now I think it's time to stop them from going any further,' Will said as the girls nodded. They then went into battle mode as they fought the enemy without any problem. But the enemy kept on coming. The girls were still trying to hold them before they reach the village, but some of them has manage to destroy the houses with their catapults.
'This is getting a little frustrating,' Will stated as she dodge arrows before counter-attack.
'We need some kind of plan here,' Hay Lin said as she made a tornado at the centre of the enemy, but they kept on coming.
'Will, do you have any idea on how do we take those guys out?' Taranee asked as she was shooting a barrage of fireballs.
'I can't think up of one if they won't stop shooting arrows at me!' Will was getting tired from dodging and attacking.
Irma saw a lake nearby, which gave her an idea on how to keep the enemy from destroying the village. 'I hope this works,' Irma thought, seeing how tired her friends were. 'Guys, cover me!' Irma called out to them.
'What?' they all asked at the same time.
'Just trust me! I have an idea on how to take these guys out in a flash!' Irma yelled as she sprayed a jet of water at the enemy.
'If you have one, then you better hurry cause I don't think we can hold it much longer,' Will said as her condition was getting weaker and weaker, along with her friends.
Irma headed straight towards the lake, as her friends were covering her. She managed to reach the lake as she barely dodge an arrow that just flew pass her head. She quickly dive into the lake. Some of the enemy was by the lake side, trying to search for her. But they figured she could fallen into the lake and drown as they cheered. But what comes next was unexpected to them. The lake was coming alive as it rose up. The guards turned to see that Irma was in the cenre of the water human form. They dropped their weapons as they ran back to the others.
Irma was now in her water form, with her being the nexus. She was heading towards the enemy, while pulverizing the boulders that was fling by the catapults. The enemy notice her before they shoot arrows at her, but the arrows didn't managed to touch her as the arrows just stopped halfway through the water. Irma then sprayed a big jet of water at the enemy, which washed most of them up. The others noticed this and stopped what they were doing as they rest. 'I forgotten she can do that,' Will said.
'Yeah, but at least she doing this without any problem,' Taranee said as she placed her arm over Will's shoulder.
Irma on the other hand was getting tired from all the magic she was doing, but she has to keep this up for a little longer as the enemy were calling a retreat. She destroy most of the tanks and catapults while the enemy were retreating. She noticed there was a fold far behind the enemy. The enemy were retreating through the fold. Irma then headed towards the fold, as she needed to close it up.
When Irma reached the fold, all of the army of the enemy has retreated through the fold. She then got out of her water form before landed in front of the fold. The water has dispersed onto the ground because Irma wasn't in the water form anymore to hold it together. Irma then took out the Heart of Aquariat to close it.
After Irma has closed the fold, she felt really tired cause she almost reached her limit. She flew back to join with her friends, but on her way there, she couldn't fly as high she normally does. Her visions began to blur as she slowly descended into the trees before crashing into one. She landed onto the ground before trying to get up again to join her friends when she heard some noises nearby. She turned around to find the source of the sound, but all she saw was just trees and bushes. She just ignored the sound before she took into air again. But she can't as she was completely exhausted from her over used of magic. She then leaned against a tree, trying to catch her breath before trying to fly again.
When she was about to take flight again, she was hit by a jet of water from behind, sending her towards a tree. The tree fell by the forced of the impact. Irma was laying on the ground, barely conscious. She was about to get up when some roots grab her hands before holding her down. Irma was starting to panic, but she stayed calm, not loosing any of her strength left in her. As Irma looked around, she saw a girl, almost as young as her, was staring at her. 'Who... are... you...' Irma asked between breaths.
'You should know me, guardian, as you and your fellow teammates are going to be out for good,' she said as she approached Irma.
'Wait... you're... Zarla...' Irma said, finally realising that she was the girl that they were looking for.
'That's right, and your powers will be mine before I take you out,' Zarla said before kneeling down in front of her. Irma was struggling to free herself from the roots, but with any success.
'Oh... trying to free yourself? Well, it won't work as you will be my first victim,' Zarla said as she placed her hand on Irma's forehead. Irma could feel Zarla taking her powers as she was feeling even weaker than before.
Just as she was about to pass out, a fireball hit Zarla from the back as she let go of Irma's forehead. Zarla turned around to see the rest of the guardians was hovering above her head. 'Leave our friend alone, Zarla!' Will yelled as she aimed at her.
'Well, the gang's all here, this will be much more fun. But since I have a tight schedule, maybe next time,' Zarla said before she ran into the forest. The three girls later landed in front of Irma before Will placed her hand on Irma's shoulder.
'Irma, are you alright?' Will asked, before realising that she asked the most obvious question.
'Well duh... what do you... expect from... somebody... who is... low on... energy?' Irma asked while Taranee burned the roots from the ground as she freed Irma.
'Come on, let's head back home, I think we need some rest,' Will said before opening a fold to Heatherfield. Taranee sent a telepathy, telling Cornelia that the battle was over and it was time to leave for home. Will and Hay Lin carried Irma by her shoulder through the fold, while Taranee was waiting for Cornelia to reach the fold.
In Medimn, the king was furious as his attack on Meridian was unsuccessful He ordered his army to send another waves of attack on Meridian tomorrow because the army need their rest. The king was getting very impatient about not having what he wanted. But he thought that the attack would be worth it as he will claimed another kingdom for himself.
Down in the tunnel under the palace, two rebels were listening to the conversation in the thrown hall. 'Saldern will need to hear this, the king has prepared another attack on another world,' one of them stated.
'Then we better hurry,' the other rebel said before they ran down the tunnel.
Zarla has some of Irma's powers now. Irma's copy was out in the forest with Zarla. The king plots on attacking Meridian again. Things are getting worst for our guardians as they need their rest from all of those fights. But what would happen when a rebel leader disrupt the king's plan, and what happens when the guardians head to Medimn for investigation? Let's find out in the next chapter.
Okay, now that I have finally finish another chapter, on to the next one. Oh, and by the way, just so to make it clear, there are two girls that almost look like Irma, and the other part is that Meridian and Medimn almost has the same plot, but with a little twist in my story. Anyway, let's me hear those reviews from you guys, thanks.