Chapter 9

This so far was the hardest chapter to write because I had to come up with explanations for many things and make sure everything made sense. It looks like we won't be getting a season 3 even though there's been a petition up for years, so why don't we petition for a reboot? In a reboot they can go more in depth about the past of Phobos and show why he was evil, how he took over, etc. They can also explain more about the Heart's power and potential. In the comics and cartoon, the girls are briefly shown naked when they transform all together. WHAT THE HECK?! At least make the magic light thick enough that you don't see their bodies. And I mentioned this before, but why are their outfits so revealing? At least they have tights, but why can't they have layers as well? I also read that the writers wanted to merge the WITCH & Marvel universes but it was too difficult. Doesn't anyone else find it ironic that in the cartoon Will didn't tell Elyon so she wouldn't freak out, but in the comics she didn't freak out when Cedric told her? If anyone reading this has a YouTube channel for theories or Disneybounding, please do a w.i.t.c.h. video!

It was a very confusing day on the planet of Metamoor. All the peasants had woken up in the morning and started about their day only to have heralds from the palace inform everybody to come to the marketplace immediately. Once everyone was there, they were told that the queen gave birth to an heir, only for the baby and both her parents to mysteriously disappear some time after. Therefore the logical thing to do was to crown Prince Phobos as the new ruler. The coronation was held that same week. Of course many people were upset with this break of tradition. People also were a little suspicious as to the mysterious disappearances and no explanation.

A few weeks later Phobos was in his room with Cedric, scowling angrily. "Those peasants have nerve," Phobos fumed."I'm their ruler now and all they care about is the mysterious disappearances. Well if they won't respect me I'll teach them respect."

"Everyone is still shocked. I'm sure in a few weeks everything will be back to normal," Cedric replied.

"They better be", Phobos said grimly. "By the way, I intend to make you my second in command and Commander of the Royal Guard but that will have to wait until you're older. Until then I have arranged for you to take combat lessons with Captain Raythor."

Cedric bowed his head in acknowledgment. Being Commander of the Royal Guard was a big responsibility but he had time to prepare. Until then he would do his best to help the Prince in any way he could.

As time went on Phobos became more bitter and angry. As much as he tried to prove himself a good and capable ruler, the whispers didn't die out completely. The people had heard rumors about his powers and many of them were sure he killed his parents in some way. Fed up with the whole situation, he decided to drain the planet of its magic. That will show the peasants his true power and instill some humility in them. And why stop there? Why not do the same to other worlds, starting with Zamballa and Aridia? Naturally, he got a notice from Kandrakar stating that if he were to do that the whole planet will be cut off from the rest of the universe by a Veil. Phobos scoffed at this and went ahead with his plans, and even constructed a basin for the purpose of storing the power. After all, with a whole planet's magic at his disposal he would be able to tear down a silly veil.

And that was how the oppression began and how the Veil was raised. It started out as higher taxes, and then went on to curfews. From there it went onto drafting the men for the army and to work in the mines. The prison started to fill up as people started protesting, and the more they protested the more people were sent to prison. Xavier and Garn had been given positions in the government and tried to guide Phobos down the right path, but Phobos didn't listen and continued with the imprisonments, curfews, etc.

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It was five years later, five long tension filled years. Phobos spent most of the time practicing his powers and gathering more power. He had also discovered a new power; the ability to form his negative emotions into a thick black cloud that would smother his enemies. Phobos still had to put down some minor rebellions here and there, and anyone who was remotely suspected of revolting was dealt with harshly. There were also people who went to the palace to beg Phobos for mercy, and the Prince found it extremely tiresome. He therefore ordered the royal gardener to create magical flowers that would form a barrier around the castle. When the gardener refused on the grounds that a wall would be more effective, Phobos turned his wife and daughter into black roses. He had also gotten tired of Xavier and Garn telling him what to do and had sent them away to distant parts of the world.

Running the kingdom had basically become Cedric's responsibility, but thankfully all the cities and towns were governed well enough by the nobles. That still left the Lord with a lot to do, and he couldn't do it all when he was always summoned to the magic spring, where he was going now. The spring had become Phobos's favorite place to be in; whenever he needed to talk to Cedric or just relax, that was where he went. He had his lavish room, but the spring was more suited to magical experimenting. It was also more private and more suited to letting out his frustrations, which was happening more and more frequently.

"You are the Commander of the Royal Guard now," Phobos announced as soon as Cedric appeared. "You have made excellent progress in your lessons and you are old enough. I also want you to recruit those peasants we rescued to be spies. I also have an important mission for you; find someone to go to Earth and find my sister. I want to send you but you have your duties now as Commander. No doubt she is living an ordinary life, and unaware of her powers. But I am certain Kandrakar will choose new Guardians eventually, and task them with bringing my sister back. But if I find her first and tell her about her heritage, and how she was kidnapped and brought to Earth while her older brother searched for her tirelessly, she'll come willingly."

"But surely your sister is still a child and too young to be of any use to you," Cedric reasoned. "And another thing, how will you know where your sister is in the first place? There are an infinite number of worlds in the universe."

"That's what scrying is for," Phobos said with a smirk and a wave of his hand that conjured up a ball of magic. In the globe was a picture of an Earth town; a Welcome to Heatherfield sign was on the bridge leading up to it. "This town has been coming up whenever I look for my sister; it's very quaint, isn't it?" he said with a sneer. "But I should have expected her to to be here; after all, the Guardians of Kandrakar are from Earth."

"Then won't the Guardians try to stop you?" Cedric asked anxiously.

"That's true", Phobos mused. "But if there was a new generation, they would've undoubtedly tried to stop me years before. In any case, I still need you to find a person to look for her," Phobos explained. "This person needs to be intelligent and able to blend in with the Earthlings. Once my sister is located, that person will stay in the town and keep an eye on her. When is older, that person will explain everything and bring her here. I'll play the part of loving older brother for a few months, arrange a coronation, then drain her powers! After that, no one will oppose me. Of course, to go to to Earth we'll need a portal. The Veil is still strong, but I should be able to manage one portal. While you search, I'll make a scrying globe for you to find out about their culture. One more thing", he added. "I want all my pictures and statues to be destroyed. People fear things that don't have a face. I therefore want you to get rid of the royal painter." He then turned, signaling the audience was over.

Cedric soon found someone; Jonathan Ludmoore. After some weeks of scrying, he was ready to go to Earth. As Ludmoore stepped through the portal to Earth, however, the Oracle made a minor adjustment, sending the man a hundred years into the past for it wasn't time yet for the princess to be found. With that done he continued watching Phobos. He may have been forbidden from interfering and preventing Phobos's takeover, but that didn't mean he couldn't interfere in small ways. He made sure Ludmoore was able to get a house and blend in without raising suspicion and that any Metamoorians who came to Earth were taken care of. And when the royal painter fled through a portal he made it go to a time where artists were appreciated. Cedric was ordered to track him down however, which he did spectacularly. Cedric was also ordered to put together a small group of soldiers to go with Phobos to capture sharvaks and scuttlers so he can use his magic to control them. The scuttlers were for guarding the prison, and the sharvaks were for his private army. To Phobos's annoyance, the portals disappeared soon after with no word from Ludmoore.

Some more years passed and Cedric was once again summoned to the spring.

"Cedric, I have a problem", Phobos said grimly. "It appears that a generation of Guardians has been chosen and came here through a portal. The leader used her magic to give one of my Murmurers free will and gave him the name Caleb before helping him escape, then they went back to Earth. He may try to start a rebellion."

"But surely no one will follow him," Cedric reasoned. "After all, he doesn't have any fighting ability or an army, much less a rebel base. And I can't imagine anyone would risk your wrath."

"I can easily crush any form of rebellion", Phobos replied with a smirk, "but he may bring them hope if he's charismatic enough, and hope is such a pesky emotion. But even if they do follow him, it will take time to get weapons, a base, etc. But even then I believe he will will be nothing more than a nuisance. But this is where you come in, Cedric. I want you to go Earth and search for my sister."

"I'm honored", Cedric said with a bow, "but-"

"No buts," Phobos scowled. "You're going to Earth. You will have to do some more scrying to figure out your cover story. I also want you to scry for the identity of the Guardians; I'm sure their mission is to defeat me, but they won't be able to if I destroy them first."

Some more years passed, and Cedric was being kept increasingly busy. Besides preparing for his eventual trip to Earth, he had to keep tabs on the Rebellion. Caleb had been surprisingly effective at persuading many people to join him, especially since he had utilized the mysterious Infinite City that ran under the planet. Not many people had explored it or even knew where the entrances were, making it the perfect place to hide the rebels. Caleb was also organizing the rebels with any fighting experience to train the others. Phobos was treating the Rebellion as a joke at this point, but he still ordered Cedric to make Vathek be a spy. Cedric did find a suitable cover story and place to live in, at least. While scrying, he found a bookstore called Ye Olde Bookshop which was owner-less. He did like books, which made it perfect, though he did wonder briefly why the store was abandoned. Unbeknownst to him, the Oracle had created the store just for him, and enchanted it so people wouldn't suspect anything, as certain things were needed to ensure the proper course of events.

It then came time for Cedric's trip to Earth. Phobos made a portal going to Heatherfield which Cedric stepped through with a gulp. It closed behind him, and he was alone on an alien world. He looked around Ye Olde Bookshop where he would be staying. It was time to find a princess.

I'm finally finished updating! I tried to resolve as many plot-holes as I could but we get so little information about things so it was hard. I did make the Oracle meddle a lot, but we know he's not above interfering when he needs to, and I can't imagine that he'll let aliens go to Earth without making some precautions. If you have any ideas about solving WITCH plot-holes, I'd love to hear them! In this story, the Metamoorians know about other worlds, even though in canon nothing said that they did. The Keeper who gave Caleb life was Nerissa; another fanfic writer actually had this idea and it was so good I had to use it(they came through because the portals went to other periods in time). If you have any theories about CHYKN I'd love to hear them because I want to put in Yan Lin having flashbacks about them or telling the girls about them in the story I'm working now on called Rise of MAGIC(please read and review that). I also decided to have bonus stories at the end of chapters that will give some background information on certain things so here is the first one.

How Hay Lin, Elyon, Cornelia, and Irma met.

The Browns were relaxing at the park one nice summer day. Well, Elyon was relaxing while her parents were nervous wrecks. They had been on Earth for about five years now and it was still nerve-wracking. The Oracle's magic only went so far; they still needed jobs, clothes, and plenty of other things. They were also scared Elyon would show her powers in public. Eventually, with the help of the former Guardians, some more magic, and lots of luck and lying, they were settled in. Mrs. Brown was about to finally relax when Elyon started levitating. Mrs. Brown grabbed her and tried to pull her down. Elyon stopped just when Cornelia was walking by and fell on her. Mr. And Mrs. Hale rushed over when they heard Cornelia scream to find another blond little girl lying on top of her. After both sets of parents picked their daughters up and Mrs. Brown hastily came up with the explanation that Elyon jumped off the monkey bars and landed on Cornelia by mistake, they got to talking. Meanwhile, Elyon and Cornelia had been staring at each other, until Cornelia huffed and went to the sandbox. Elyon followed her and after several minutes of silence, Cornelia asked what her name was. Elyon told her and then asked what her name was. Soon enough they were playing together like old friends.

Meanwhile, Irma and her parents were sitting at a table in the Silver Dragon when Hay skipped over with a big smile and introduced herself. Irma said, "isn't hay for horses?"

Hay replied, "I'm Chinese, and Chinese people have different names. What's your name?"

"Irma," Irma said with a small smile. Just then Mrs. Lin came over and asked if Hay was bothering them.

"She's not", Mr. Lair replied with a smile. Mrs. Lin then introduced herself and explained that they had a small staff and she, her husband, and her mother-in-law were busy running the restaurant and they didn't have time to arrange playdates for Hay. She then asked if their daughter would like to play with Hay after eating. The Lairs shrugged and asked Irma, who didn't mind since she also didn't have friends. When Irma finished eating, Hay ran upstairs and returned with paper dolls and coloring books. While the two sat at the table and played, the Lins came to chat with the Lairs since business was slow that day, and they discovered that both girls were going to go to the same school. The adults then worked out a tentative schedule for playdates, which made both little girls very happy. They felt a sort of bond, as if they had been friends forever.

Both sets of girls went to the same school that year, but they didn't play with each other, especially after what happened between Irma and Cornelia. All four girls were in the same class, and the teacher had everyone introduce themselves. Right after Cornelia introduced herself, Irma said loudly, "that's a long name! I'm going to call you Corny!" Everyone laughed, and Uriah said, "what about corn on the cob?" Everyone started chanting "corn on the cob, corn on the cob," as Cornelia sat down and tried not to cry.

In second grade, however, Hay Lin and Elyon became friendly over their love of drawing and began spending more time together. Irma and Cornelia found themselves alone more often and thought of playing together sometimes, but that never happened. In the third grade, Cornelia began paying more attention to style and fashion. Hay told her her grandma was teaching her how to sew and design clothes, and the two bonded over that. Irma was left pretty lonely, but that changed when her birthday came and she invited them for a pool party(she invited Hay Lin who suggesred inviting the others. Irma didn't really want to but a party's no fun with only one guest). Hay Lin was running around and bumped into Cornelia who fell into the pool. Even though it was a wading pool and therefore very shallow, she didn't know how to swim and panicked. It was Irma who got her to calm down by tipping the pool over, and spilling Cornelia and all the water onto the grass(with some help from her powers). With the pool empty they decided to go in for cake.

Slowly the girls became best friends, and all four families regularly went to the beach together. All four girls also had strange things happening to them once in a while. But none of them could begin to imagine the things they would go through when they were older. All they knew was that they were best friends, and they wanted to be best friends forever.