Irma : No way! You just have to do it, by making me the mirror image of the real one.
Cornelia : Oh, don't be a cry baby Irma, it will be a great idea to become one.
Irma : Not for me!
Me : Corny's right, you will need to.
Irma : Hey!
Cornelia : Yup, and don't call me Corny.
Will : What is all that commotion in here? I'm trying to get some sleep.
Me : Just Corny and Irmy arguing over the plot of the story. Anyway, Will, I think you will read the disclaimer, since the two girls are looking at me with an angry look, right now.
Will : Sure, storyLover58 does not own W.I.T.C.H.. Remember it.
Me : I better get this story started, or the two girls will pull me apart!...
Chapter 11 : Arriving As Maid
In a world, which the guardians went before, a carriage was currently on its route to the kingdom, with their special load. There were about a dozen guards protecting their special load to their destination, preventing any attempts on freeing their load. Which their load was a girl in some clothes which the guards haven't seen before. She was beginning to regain consciouness as she mourn. 'Ow, my head, it hurts,' Irma thought as she was trying to get up, but she can't.
When she slowly opened her eyes, she was shocked as she was in a cage. She can't move her hands and her legs, as they were tied up. She couldn't even call for help as her mouth was gag with a white cloth. 'Where am I? And where am I going anyway?' Irma thought as she struggled to stand. But she couldn't, as the bounds on her legs and hands prevented her to.
'Looks like somebody has woken up,' a voice said, which caught Irma's attention. As Irma turned to see who it was, she was hit by the head again. 'Not again...' Irma thought before she lost consciousness.
In Heatherfield, the girls, Matt and even Stephen, (Whoa, that rhymes) looks for any sign of where Irma has been kidnapped. Taranee went into an alley, hoping for any clues to help find out what happened to her. As she was halfway in the alley, she spotted something on the ground, it was Irma's cellphone. She quickly ran back out the alley, to tell the others about what she found.
Will and Cornelia were looking in the streets, Hay Lin and Matt went to the park for any clues of Irma and Stephen went the way to Irma's house, finding anything along the way. Will was about to stop searching for any clues when she heard Taranee's cries. 'Will! I found something!' Taranee cried out as Will turned to see Taranee was running towards them.
'Found what?' Will asked as Cornelia was now standing beside her.
As Taranee approached Will, she took out Irma's phone, before showing it to Will. 'I found this on the ground. Could it be that she really did get kidnapped?' Taranee asked out of worried.
'There's only one way to find out,' Will said before she sent a spark into the phone, hoping that it will speak to them. As the phone began to blink, Hay Lin and Matt was running towards them.
'We can't find her, so I guess she didn't went through the park,' Hay Lin stated before noticing the phone. 'Hey, isn't that Irma's phone?' Hay Lin asked.
'Yup, the one and only,' the phone chirped, which started the girls.
'Don't do that!' Will shouted at the phone. Luckily there wasn't anyone on the street right now.
'Alright, alright,' the phone said.
'Okay, now, can you tell us what happened to Irma?' Will asked the phone. The phone then started to explain about the incident that happened to Irma before she got kidnapped.
In Medimn, Irma was regaining consciounsess from the hit on her head. 'Man, now my head hurts even worse,' she thought before opening her eyes. As she opened, she scanned her area before realising she was in a dungeon. 'Okay... This is so not a good time to hang around,' Irma thought before she got up.
As she got up, she heard some chains rustling. When she looked at her leg, she was surprised. Her leg was chained to the ground. 'No way am I staying here,' Irma said to herself before she called out some water. When she was about to free herself, the door to the dungeon was opened.
'Oh man, not now,' Irma said softly as she disperesed the water, avoiding getting caught. When the guard walked up to her cell, he opened the door before walking over to her.
'Now, are you going easy by coming with us without escaping? Or do we have to knock you out again,' he asked, which Irma glared at him. The guard just smirk before he unlocked the chain on Irma's leg.
Irma was thinking on escaping after taking out the guard, but she couldn't as her hands were cuffed behind her back. 'Why is it so hard to escape here!' Irma thought as she was being led out of the cell with the guard. She then saw two more guards by the dungeon door, waiting for them. They followed close behind, to prevent any attempts of escaping.
Irma was being led up the stairs before down a beautiful decorated hall. Irma was both stunned about the place, but uncomfortable about her doing all the clean-up in it. She never thought that she would become one, by force.
Irma then spotted two huge doors down the hallway. As the doors opened, she saw the king for the first time. 'My lord, your maid has finally return,' one of them called out. The servants beside the king bowed to him before leaving.
'Thank you, you may leave,' the king replied politely, which surprised Irma as the rebel told her about the king evil personality. The king later got up her thrown before walking over to Irma.
She was getting nervous about this, as she wasn't with her friends, nor she was in her guardian form. She was getting afraid, for the first time, as she tried to free herself. 'Don't do it, Aliria,' the king said, which Irma stopped before looking at him, puzzled.
'He thinks that I'm Aliria, his maid. Oh man, if I don't get out of here soon, I think I'm going to flip by all the work!' Irma thought as the king approached her.
'You know, if you ever escape again, your punishment will be even severe than right now,' the king threaten Irma. She then stopped against her cuffs as she doesn't want to know what kind of punishment she would receive if she escape.
'You will learn on why have I given you a place to live, a place to work, and enough food to live. And your punishment is to clean out the stable, all of it,' the king said, which disgusted Irma. She remembered the last time she cleaned out one, and she needed to admit it, it was very disgusting. She doesn't want to clean one, or all of them, as she will puke at the smell of the horse manure.
'Can I choose another one?' Irma asked, hoping the king let her choose.
'I see you speak. But if you want another option, how bout a one where people go to relief themselves, you will need to clean it, not a single dirt,' the king said, which Irma's face turned a little green by imagining it. It would be even worst than the stable.
'Or maybe you would prefer this, by washing all of the guards clothes,' the king said, which Irma thought about it.
'Hey, maybe the third option isn't that bad,' Irma thought. When she was about to reply, the king snapped his fingers before a few hundreds carts came into the thrown hall. Irma was shocked at the amount of clothes were in the carts, and to top it off, it smells like the gym socks in the boys locker room. She doesn't want to remember on how she got into that mess.
(This will be explain in my small little episode between this story and the next one.)
'Okay, maybe not,' Irma thought before the carts full of dirty clothes left the hall.
'So, which one will you choose?' the king asked, which Irma figured the first one would be the easiest and the fastest, but she wanted to try something else first.
'Do you have a cleaner punishment?' Irma asked.
'Like, cleaning the backs of the guards? Or clearing out the chicken huts?' the king asked. The king was actually teasing her, as he was lying about it.
'Fine, I choose the first one, but first, I have one last question.' Irma said, which the king raised an eyebrow.
'Fine, just one more,' the king said.
'Do you have, like a steam powered poo vacuum cleaner?' Irma asked, hopingly, but it was cut short when the king glare at her. 'I guess not,' she replied for the king, as she knew the answer to that.
'Guards!' the king called out, before two guards came into the hall.
'Yes, my lord?' they asked.
'Uncuffed the maid after you take her to the stable. Give her a broom, a bucket of water and a sponge as she needed them. And make sure she clean it all until there isn't any dirt on it,' the king said, which the guards nodded. They then grab Irma by the shoulder before taking her out of the hall.
'Something is wrong here, and I can feel it,' the king said to himself as he went back to his thrown chair.
In Heatherfield, the girls, Matt and Stephen were back in the basement of the Silver Dragon, along with Napolean and Mr Huggles. 'There were three guys, who doesn't look like ordinary people from Heatherfield, kidnapped her before opening a fold with a stick? Are you certain that the phone has some chip problem cause I don't think it is possible,' Cornelia said as she pointed at the phone which was laying on the table.
'I'm sure of it, and by the description I say, we need to head back to Medimn,' Will said, which the girls breath out of exasperation as they need to find out whether Irma was alright or not.
'Fine, but just check on her, but not bringing her back,' Cornelia said.
'Cornelia!' the others yelled.
'What?' Cornelia asked innocently.
Will then took out the Heart of Kandrakar before calling out. 'Guardians Unite!', then four coloured orbs emerged from the heart, before it engulfed the girls in it. Even Matt, Mr Huggles and Napolean transformed into their Regents form, which Stephen watched, stunned about it.
After they finished, the girls and Regents noticed that Stephen was just standing there, staring at them. Will then walked up to him before giving him a nudge by his side, snapping him out from his day dream. 'That hurts, and thanks for that,' Stephen said while rubbing his side, the spot Will nudged earlier.
'Time to go, but first,' Will said before looking at Stephen. 'Stephen, I think it's best you wait here,' Will said.
'No way, Irma is my girlfriend,' Stephen protested.
'Stephen, we can't risked you getting hurt,' Will explained.
'Well, you better grab a first aid kit box then, cause I'm going,' Stephen said.
'No you aren't!'
'Yes I will!'
Wow, this reminds me of Matt and Will,' Hay Lin whispered to Taranee, but not quiet enough as Will and Matt eyed her.
'What was that?' they both asked.
'Nothing,' Hay Lin said as she backed up behind Taranee.
'Listen Will, I know you want to keep me safe, but Irma needs me too,' Stephen said.
'Look here, I know you are worried about her, but what happens when you get hurt badly during our journey? Do you think she would want to see you get hurt?' Will asked, which Stephen thought about it.
'I didn't think about it, but still,' Stephen was about to protest when Matt stepped in to break the argument.
'Okay guyss, do you think it is the best time for an argument? If Stephen wants to come, then bring him,' Matt said, which Will was staring at him with her mouth wide opened.
'Are you serious Matt? If Irma found out about Stephen getting hurt, I'll blame you,' Will said, but Matt just raised a finger at her.
'Trust me, I know what to do,' Matt said with a wink. Will then realised what was Matt planning to do.
'Fine, just this once,' Will said, which lighten Stephen up.
'Then open the fold doll,' Napolean said with a little impatient in his voice.
Will then opened a a fold with the heart. Stephen was now staring at it, as this wasn't the first time he saw it opened. But he was still fazed about it as how it cut through it in the air. Will was the first to cross, followed by Taranee, Napolean, Cornelia, Mr Huggles and Matt. Hay Lin and Stephen were still in the basement, as Hay Lin was waiting for Stephen to walk through it. 'Hurry up Stephen, Irma is waiting,' Hay Lin said as Stephen walked towards it. He then walked through it before ending up in Medimn, with Hay Lin dropping in from behind Stephen as she loose her footing. Stephen helped her up while the fold closed in the background.
'Alright guys, keep your heads up, this won't be an easy route,' Will said as the others nodded. Each of them later carried the others who can't fly. Will carried Stephen, Matt and Cornelia carried Mr Huggles and Taranee with Hay Lin carried Napolean across the forest.
Along the way, Will sent a telepathy message to the others. 'Guys, we are heading to the rebels hideout, to make sure Stephen stay safe, we will bring him there, and he gets to come with us without hurting himself,' Will explained before the three girls replied through telepathy. Stephen doesn't know what were they planning to do as he wasn't going with them to the kingdom.
Irma was now in one of the stable, cleaning it. 'Ugh! This place reeks worst than Blunk's place!' Irma complaint as she was scooping up some horse stools.
'Quit complaining and hurry up,' one of the guard said with their nose closed with a wooden peg.
'I wonder where he got that,' Irma thought. She continued her maid's worked, which she would have a word with her friends later.
Zarla and Irma were in the Heatherfield's park, looking for Irma. 'I thought you say she was here!' Zarla complained.
'She was! Look, don't be so overreacting okay, people makes mistakes,' Irma protested as they continued to look for the real Irma.
'Well, where she is then?' Zarla asked as she was getting impatient.
'I knew she was in this world. But I doubt about it,' Irma said, which Zarla stared at her.
'You doubt about it?! Then where she is then?!' Zarla asked out loud.
'She must have gone to another world after we got here,' Irma said.
'Then open up a fold back to Meridian,' Zarla said as Irma glared at her. She then took out the copied heart before ripping up a fold to Meridian. They both hurried into the fold before it closes.
I have nothing to say here, apart that I will create a small double chapter story between this story and the upcoming one. By the way, I kinda feel sorry for Irma for doing all those icky stuffs, it does sucks to be her right now. I just hope my next dialogue won't be a complaint from her. LOL, XD