Under the Bridge of Heatherfield…

The new guardians gathered as they tried to process the magic within them, awakened by the power of the heart.

Hay Lin thought it would be a good idea to practice their magic somewhere where no one will see them, and they can better control them. They still don't know about being the protectors of the universe, fighting monsters, stopping an extremist tyrant from killing thousands of people… Yeah, this guardian thing sounded like a lot and the girls were still coping with the concept.

"No way. No way this is happening. This has got to be some sort of joke." Cornelia scoffed as she refused to accept what was happening.

"But what happened with the changes going on with us? What's happening around us?"


Irma's house…

While prepping for her warm bubbly delight, Irma was on the phone with one of her friends.

"Yeah, the movie with Vance Michael Justin was off the chart! …I know, I know that was awesome!" She squealed with delight!

But as she was talking, she slipped and her phone went flying in the air and was about to hit the tub water! The girl gasped as she tried to grab it before it was ruined, but then something strange happened. The phone never hit the water but was trapped in a bubble.

"Huh?" She gasped, approaching it slowly as the bubble came towards her and popped, the phone landing in her hands.

"Woah… weird."


At Taranee's House…

"I hear that there will be a new girl at your school coming in a bit." Taranee's stepmother informed her with a smile.

"Yeah, I was thinking of making something for her to say welcome." Taranee answered, earning a smile from her mother and father, "I know how she feels about being the new girl in school, so I want her to feel welcomed."

"That's the right attitude to have. Nothing better says, 'welcome to our town' than an assortment of muffins." Judge Theresa Cook encouraged, then noticed the fireplace was lit, "Did someone lit the fireplace?"

"No."

"Nope."

"Wasn't me."

The family soon gathered around since this was the fifth time that the chimney lit on its own.

"I thought you put it out," Theresa questioned her husband.

"I did, I even made certain that the ambers were gone." Lionel answered the woman, "Maybe there's something flammable in the chimney."

Taranee, fearful of the flame, took a step away from the fire as she feared it. Suddenly, her own hand was on fire!

Her mother screamed in terror as her parents and brothers carried her to the sink and put her hand out.

"You okay, Sis?" Peter gasped in fright.

"Y-yeah, I think so."

Theresa looked over her hand and breathed in relief after seeing no signs of burns.

"Okay… everyone stays away from the fireplace." Lionel declared and everyone agreed.


At Cornelia's House…

"Why won't you die, you little shrub?!" Cornelia's whined as she tried to kill the flower, but no matter how much she tried to over-fertilize the flower, it was still beautiful.

Even worse, it was becoming more and more lovely with every touch of Cornelia.

"Oh sweetie, it's so wonderful. It really brightens up the room." Her mother marveled at the plant.

"It is truly charming." Her father enjoyed it.

"It's not supposed to be, it's for a project on how over-fertilizing things could kill plants." She complained.

"Well, you do have a green thumb, my dear." Her father complimented her.

"Hey, Lilian, kill this. I'll give you a chocolate bar."

Lilian then grabbed the plant and tore it to pieces until it was dead.

"Nice, here's your reward."

Lilian then grabbed the candy and fled. The flower was finally dead. But then the moment Cornelia touched it, it sprouted back to life, more beautiful than ever.

"Dang it!"


Hay Lin was cleaning up her room before getting ready for school.

"Hay Lin, hurry! It's time to get ready for school!" Her grandmother yelled from downstairs.

"Coming-ah, ah, AHCHOO!"

BOOM!

A thundering sound came from everywhere as a whirlwind caused everything to be flung into the air.


"How can you explain all of that or the magic that Hay Lin's Grandma did," Taranee questioned as she remembered setting things on fire.

Out of all the elements, she gets the one she's most afraid of.

"Pallor trick, it was all a conscience." She tried to explain while she spotted Will looking at the necklace she was given.

"…I don't think this is just a joke. This feels real… It's weird but, I can feel what's inside this pendant. It knows my name, all of ours." Will hummed as she sees the power within.

"Okay… she's clearly lost it-hey! Hey! Get off!" Cornelia gasped as she sees roots growing upwards, pushing them away to transform into a beautiful patch of land, flowers, bushes, and a willow tree.

"Woah, that was awesome." Hay Lin complimented.

"Well, it does someone as beautiful as me to make beautiful things." Cornelia boasted to her friends.

"So now you believe. Anyway, I'm not complaining, I like this." Irma presented as she summoned bubbles into the air and began shooting water at them with her fingers.

The girls were really enjoying their powers, but then Will sensed something.

"Something's coming." She gasped when a vortex appeared, and a strange boy floundered out!

"It's you," Cornelia whispered to herself.

The boy pulled himself out of the ground and saw the girls before him.

"The new Guardians… you're real! I knew it wasn't just a dream!" He grinned but then it disappeared when his pursuers appeared.

"You'll wish it was…" Cedric hissed in his snake form while his children were prepared to fight.