"So now what" asked Irma who had just walked out of the portal that had opened in The Silver Dragon's basement.

"I dunno, it just sort of ended didn't it?" asked Taranee as she collapsed on one of the lounges.

After all of the other guardians had entered through the portal and Will closed it, they all fell to the ground exhausted. They had just finished their final fight against evil (or so they thought).

"I guess we won't be going back in a while then?" asked Hay Lin smiling sadly.

"I know that it is really, I mean really good that Nerissa is gone and Elyon is safely on the throne and Meridian is all happy and whatever, but I mean what are we now that the Veil doesn't need anyone to guard it?" confessed Cornelia looking up with worried eyes to her friends around her.

"Yer, I mean what are we suppose to do now?"asked Irma as she tried hard to keep her eyes open.

"What if we lose our powers now that we don't need them!" exclaimed a worried Taranee, who despite how run down she was jumped up and glanced at the other girls.

"No, no we can't, boy if we do I will personally go to the Oracle and give him a piece of my mind!" Snapped Cornelia who was now worked up.

"That won't take long" mumbled Irma, thankful that Cornelia didn't hear.

"I think you guys are forgetting that we have heaps of other stuff to do, like tracking down all the rouges, you do remember that the Tracker and his mutt are still free?" said Will who was hunched over a sofa.

The girls stayed silent in thought for a few moments. The same thoughts running through everyone's head.

How is Meridian now? Is Elyon safe? Have they caught the other rouges? What will happen to them now that they weren't needed?

"Oh Grandma!" exclaimed Hay Lin as she ran to the stairs to greet Yan Lin.

"Girls I was so worried! Oh my look at the lot of you, you all like you have been battling a great evil" joked the old air guardian.

Sadly though everyone was too tired to see past the joke. They all let Yan Lin play nurse as they tried to rest. The totally injuries included Taranee's cut arm, Hay Lin had a cut just above her eye, Irma sprained her wrist, Will had a long cut on her back but luckily wasn't deep and Cornelia had a bruised check and a cut along her stomach.

"Well one thing that is good is that we are now on school holidays" smiled Irma

"Yeah, no more Knickerbocker searching the hall for students who have forgotten homework" said Hay Lin who put on a deep and dark voice and chasing Irma around the basement.

"Come here Ms Lair, you can't hide your lame homework job from me" joked Hay Lin which caused the other girls to laugh even though it caused pain.

"STOP"

All of the girls stopped what they were doing and looked towards Yan Lin, who was standing in the middle of everyone.

"Girls, it isn't over, far from it, this vacation will be spent taking care of Meridian, you must sleep and rest up, in three days time I will be expecting you here to help Caleb and the others capture all the rouges" directed Yan Lin

The Guardians felt ashamed at how immature they were, looking at the ground they all mumbled their apologies to the aged lady. Although out of the five girls Cornelia felt worse.

'I should be there with him, oh I hope he is ok' worried Cornelia, the last time she saw the leader of the rebels he was leading his men towards the last group of fighting enemy, guilt ran through her body as quickly as anything.

"CORNRLIA!"

That made her snap out of her trance. She looked up to see Taranee looking deeply at her.

"You okay, Corny?" asked Irma

"Yeah, just tired I guess" answered Cornelia as she held onto her stomach.

"Yeah, I agree, Will do you mind?" asked Hay Lin who was indicating to her W.I.T.C.H clothing.

As soon as Cornelia got home she ran into her room and fell on her bed, making sure not to hurt her stomach. She laid down on her bed just looking up at the roof, for some unknown reason to her, Cornelia's thoughts kept on going to Caleb. No matter how many times she tossed and turned she just couldn't take her mind of him. Until out of frustration she sat up.

'Why can't I get him out of my head! It's not like we're even close friends?' Wondered Cornelia

She went through all of the reasons why she would like him.

'Hmm he does have that cheeky grin going for him, but that gets old very fast, his eyes are beautifully green, he has such a good body, but then he know he does as well, oh but he is so caring and brave' sighed Cornelia who was now wearing a big grin on her face, she was so happy she just had to hug something which ended up being her pillow.

She let go of the pillow as she thought 'He is stubborn though and up himself , and from a whole other reality!'

Cornelia decided to take Yan Lin's advice and relax by lying on her bed and listen to her Discman. The relaxing stage didn't last long. Cornelia paused her music only to hear her mum and dad yelling at each other again, five minutes into the argument and Cornelia's door opened. Cornelia stopped her music and sat up to see Lillian her younger sister's face, she had tears coming down her face. Cornelia smiled sadly at her sister remembering how much they both hated having parents that fought so much.

"Come on then" huffed Cornelia who was moving to make room next to her on the bed.

Lillian smiled thankfully at her older sister; she jumped up and lied down next to Cornelia who was wiping Lillian's face clean of the tears. 'It's not fair for her to go through this, she is still so young!' Thought Cornelia.

"Do mummy and daddy hate each other Corny?" asked an upset Lillian

Cornelia sighed. How could answer that question when she didn't have the slightest idea on the answer herself? On one hand her parents have been together for 17 years, they always went out together and loved to talk business with each other. On the other hand however the couple have been fighting frequently which was always followed by the couple not talking to each other.

"Oh of course they don't squirt, we always fight don't we? They will get over it by tomorrow" Cornelia assured even though she wasn't so sure herself she didn't want to see her small sister, the Guardian of Earth, upset

All Lillian did was shrug and wriggle closer to her sister, Cornelia gave her one ear piece and turned the music on to try and drown out the angry words being said in the lounge room. Together the two sisters feel asleep.