Hello my trusty readers! It's time for another episode of W.I.T.C.H. Yep that's right! It's time to finally post P is for Protectors. After watching this episode again (for the 15th time) I noticed that Shagon almost doesn't appear in this episode, which will make it difficult for me to add Zafyra, but I hope you will like it anyway.

P is for Protectors REWRITTEN

Part 1

'Cassidy?' Yan-Lin and the Heart repeated in confusion.

The other Guardians looked at the three of them.

'Cassidy…Why does that ring a bell?' Irma said slowly.

'Cassidy is the former Water Guardian.' Yan-Lin said softly.

'But she was killed by Nerissa.' the Heart finished.

The other girls nodded, now that they remembered who Cassidy was. The Heart turned to Caleb.

'Rebel leader, are you sure you saw her?' the Heart asked unsure.

Caleb nodded.

'Yes, I'm sure.' he said. 'But it was only her ghost. Nerissa did say something about bringing her back to life.'

'This is not good.' the Heart muttered softly.

'Wait a minute? Bringing her back to life?' Hay-Lin said. 'Is that even possible?'

Yan-Lin sighed. 'I don't know, little one.'

Everyone turned to the Heart. The Heart sighed as well.

'It's not supposed to be a knowledge known by everyone.' she said.

'So it's possible?' Cornelia asked skeptical.

'Yes.' "Will" answered. 'If she has enough life force to replenish Cassidy's missing life force than she should be capable of doing that.'

'But she doesn't, right?' Irma said relieved and unsure. 'I mean, if she had enough to revive Cassidy than she would have done that a long time ago, right? And besides she looks as if she could use some life force as well.'

"Will" looked even darker as she faced Irma.

'Can't you think of anyone of who she can tap life force from. Anyone at all?' she asked.

Realization started to dawn in the group. They all gasped as they looked in horror at the Heart.

'You…You don't mean that she is planning to use Will and Matt for that, do you?' Hay-Lin asked softly, tears starting to appear in her eyes.

"Will" nodded sadly.

'Yes, I'm afraid so. The only reason why I'm here is probably because she wants the other ex-Guardians before doing the transition.'

Everyone, except Yan-Lin, looked in horror at "Will". Cornelia and Irma were both looking at her with their mouths wide open, not knowing what to say. Taranee had clenched her hands and was looking furiously at the ground and Hay-Lin had buried her face in her grandmother's robe.

'So she has Cassidy and Halinor?' Taranee questioned after some time.

'It seems that Nerissa is hunting for former Guardians.' Yan-Lin said sadly. 'And the only ones who are left are Kadma and myself.'

'Kadma, right!' Irma said, trying to lighten up the mood. 'And who is she again?'

'Kadma is the former Guardian of Earth. She is on Zamballa now.' the Heart explained.

'Zamballa, right!' Irma replied before looking confused at the Heart. 'And where's that again?'

The Heart sighed and frowned at Irma's antics while Yan-Lin started to explain.

'Zamballa, the purple planet. Another dimensional jungle world. Back in the day, we saved the Zamballans from an attack. Kadma led the charge and the locals were so grateful that they offered her the Heart of Zamballa and made her their queen.'

'And she stayed there?' Hay-Lin asked in disbelieve.

Yan-Lin nodded.

'She had to, once the Council raised the Veil. Haven't seen her since. But Kadma must be warned, she could be Nerissa's next target.'

'Sounds like our cue!' the Heart said as she raised the crystal. 'Guardians U…'

'Wait!' Taranee said.

The others looked at her in confusion. Taranee started to fidget in her seat as she looked at her knees.

'Well, we don't have to do it now, do we?' she questioned.

'Why not? Kadma needs to be warned as quickly as possible.' Yan-Lin countered.

'Well… I… I kinda… Uhmm…' Taranee started. 'I'm kinda tired after that fight with the Knights. Can't we have some sleep first?'

Irma and Cornelia stared at Taranee with suspicion. Taranee gulped as she kept looking at her knees.

'That is a good idea, Fire Guardian.' "Will" admitted. 'It would indeed be a better idea to rest before we go.'

The others looked at the Heart while Taranee sighed in relief.

'Okay, we go to bed and we gather here first thing tomorrow morning.' "Will" said.

Taranee's eyes widened. 'No!' she said.

The others looked at her with even more suspicion.

'Is there something wrong, Taranee?' Irma asked suspiciously.

Taranee gulped again as she tried to look away.

'I-I mean that we could better go tomorrow night. You know, we could say that it is a sleep over and then none of us has to be home in time.' she lied.

The other raised their eyebrows.

'Since when do we care about that?' Hay-Lin asked.

Taranee felt the intensity of their gazes and she felt that her defenses were crumbling. She sighed in defeat.

'Okay.' she said defeated. 'It's like this. Nigel asked me out to go to a sushi restaurant with him and I kinda said yes.'

She looked cautiously at the others and saw them looking with their mouths wide open. Suddenly everyone started to smile.

'That's great Taranee!' Cornelia squealed as Hay-Lin hugged her.

'Romantic!' Irma agreed.

"Will" gave her a skeptical look.

'And how did you get your mother to agree to this date?' she asked.

Taranee started to blush furiously as she looked away from "Will's" gaze.

'I..uhh… I haven't told her about it.' she said.

This made the others squeal even more.

'A forbidden romance!' Cornelia said. 'So romantic!'

'Boy, you are getting in a lot of trouble once she finds out.' Hay-Lin said with a smirk.

'Good job!' Irma added.

'But she won't.' Taranee hinted. 'Will she?'

The others saw that flames were dancing in her glasses and they all took the subtle hint. Taranee then looked with pleading eyes at "Will".

'Come on Heart, can I go, please?' she asked.

"Will" sighed. She knew that the Guardians should pretend to have a normal life and that wouldn't be the case if Taranee blew off her first date with Nigel.

'Fine.' she agreed. 'But after the date you come here. We don't have any time to lose.'

She then looked guiltily at Yan-Lin.

'Mrs. Lin, I'm sorry.' she apologized.

Yan-Lin put her hand up.

'No need. I don't think that one day would matter.' she said. 'Besides, who am I to stop young love?'

Taranee grinned as the Guardians were making movements to go away. What they didn't know was that a certain dark angel was flying nearby and who had heard the whole conversation.

'The mistress will be pleased.' Zafyra said as she created a fold with the Mage's ring.

At Zamballa

The Knights and Nerissa were all sitting around a campfire when suddenly a fold appeared. Zafyra stepped out of it.

'Zafyra.' Nerissa said. 'Tell me, what did you find out about the Guardians?'

Zafyra bowed down for Nerissa.

'Mistress, the Guardians have, like you predicted, figured out who our next target is. They were planning on going tonight but the Fire Guardian stopped those plans and delayed them till tomorrow.'

'Why would she do that?' Nerissa questioned.

'She has a date with some boy.' Zafyra replied. 'That's why they'll go tomorrow night.'

Nerissa laughed softly.

'Yes, love is a wonderful thing. Especially when it aids my plans.'

Shagon and Zafyra shared a short look before Zafyra turned her head back to the ground.

'Shagon, I want you to foil that little date of the Fire Guardian.' Nerissa said. 'Just make sure that the Fire Guardian is angered.'

Shagon bowed.

'It shall be done, mistress.'

'Like hell it will!' Matt warned.

He glared at Shagon, who glared back at him.

'And how are you planning to stop me?' Shagon provoked.

'I will find a way!' Matt yelled angered. 'I will not let you foil Taranee's moment with Nigel. The dude has been waiting for a chance for a long, long time!'

Shagon laughed coldly.

'Yes, because you are such a caring person.'

'Look, that you are pure evil is not my fault!' Matt yelled.

'Oh really? And who was it who created me in the first place?' Shagon said with some light humor.

'And that means you should listen to me!' Matt said annoyed.

Shagon laughed softly.

'Oh come on. How dense do you think I am?' he said.

'Want an answer to that?' Matt snapped.

Shagon shot eyebeams at him, knocking him back.

'Watch your tone.' he said dangerously.

Matt snickered a bit until a flash shot by. He remembered the odd scene of Will and Zafyra. For some reason he wished it could have been him and Shagon.

'Hey…Shagon?' he said unsure.

'What now, worm?' Shagon muttered. 'I'm busy.'

'Do you know why Zafyra and Will were hugging each other?' Matt asked slyly.

He couldn't see Shagon's face, seeing how the mask covered it, but he was sure that Shagon hadn't liked the sight of it. He must have felt as if he was losing Zafyra… Or that was how Matt felt when he saw the scene. He really thought he had lost Will.

'That was nothing. She wouldn't leave m… the mistress.' Shagon said annoyed.

A grin spread over Matt's face. He was sure Shagon was close to saying "me" instead of "the mistress".

'You like her, huh?' he said with a grin.

Another shot of the eyebeams and Matt flew backwards.

'Shut up. You were the master once, now you're the cockroach. I don't want to hear from you!'

Matt couldn't help but smile. He would stop Shagon or he would die trying.

That evening. On Zamballa

The forest was burning and some trees with faces, legs and arms were looking at it in fear. One of the trees turned to the others.

'The fire is too close! Move!' it said.

The trees started to move.

'Bowbreaker, stay close.' another tree said.

'Yes, mama.' a little tree replied.

The trees were walking away from the fire. They couldn't move very fast and the fire was catching up with them.

'We never get clear, Ironwood.' a tree said. 'We should…'

The tree stopped when he heard some maniacal laughing. He turned around but saw no-one.

'No!' the tree, now identified as Ironwood said. 'Keep moving! Stay ahead of the defilers. Our queen would never let them destroy us.'

Out of the fire 6 figures appeared. Three of them were flying while the other three were walking. It was W.I.T.C.H. and Caleb. Taranee was holding a hand full of fire and laughed maniacally before throwing some more at the forest.

The next day, on Earth

Shagon had landed near a sushi bar. He knew that Taranee had a date there.

'Now what shall I do?' he muttered to herself. 'I can storm in and wreck the place, but that isn't really discreet… I know! I'll glamour myself as my host, adding some years and use that attracting spell from Nerissa. That way, I can make her hate me and I can have some fun.'

Matt wasn't exactly happy with that plan. He was sure that Will would never forgive him if she found out that Matt was the cause of the break up between Taranee and Nigel. He thought feverishly of a new plan when he noticed two shady characters walk across the street.

'Shagon!' she called.

Shagon turned to his host.

'What?' he snapped.

'Why would you waste your energy if you could also let those two uhm… rob the place! Yeah, and that way, you've still got another trick up your sleeve.' Matt said slyly.

Shagon looked at Matt and Matt hoped that he was thinking about his proposal. Shagon suddenly laughed.

'It seems that your bad side is finally acting up!' he said. 'That's not a bad idea. Not a bad idea at all.'

Matt sighed. His plan had worked and there was no way that Taranee or Will could find out that it was him who proposed it.

Shagon saw Nigel and Taranee walk into the sushi bar. He glamoured herself as a wealthy business man and walked to the two strangers. The man and woman were standing in an alley and were both smoking. Shagon tapped their shoulders and immediately the both of them put their hands in the air, as if they were surrendering.

'Turn around you two.' Shagon said.

Both turned around and became relaxed after seeing Shagon. They lowered their hands and gave him a goofy smile. Shagon cleared his throat.

'I saw you two walking down the street and I thought: Those two want to make some money.' he said airily.

The two looked at each other and then back at Shagon. Both were looking suspicious.

'Depends on it. How much money are we talking about and what do we have to do for it?'

Shagon smiled kindheartedly at the two as he pulled out two ski masks.

'You see, I'm from a big company that tests the security of sushi bars. Now there is a sushi bar in the main street here and I'm wondering if you want to rob them for me.'

The two looked at her as if he was crazy.

'You want us to rob a sushi bar?' the man asked goofily.

Shagon nodded.

'And how much do we get?' the woman asked.

'Well, if you get caught, I will pay you out of jail so no worries there. And the amount of money… Let's see, would 2 million dollars be enough?' he asked innocently.

The two looked at him with their mouths wide open. The woman recovered the quickest and gave Shagon a short nod.

'That will do.' she said.

Shagon smiled and handed the ski masks to the two. The woman put the ski mask on while the man held it in his hands.

'Now go.' Shagon said. 'And if anyone asks who send you, tell them that you work for Nerissa&co.'

The two thugs nodded and walked away.

'Nerissa&co.?' Matt asked sarcastically. 'You could name it whatever you want and you chose for Nerissa&co.?'

Shagon ignored Matt's witty remark and focused on controlling his body.

Matt watched the two crooks go to the restaurant and shook his head.

'How is it possible that people that stupid are walking on this planet?' he muttered silently.

Shagon deglamoured and flew to the sushi bar. He chose a window and flew in front of it, having a good sight of what was happening inside. Taranee and Nigel were just eating some sushi.

'Okay, my mom is a judge.' Taranee said. 'It's not like she could throw you in jail for seeing me... I hope.'

'I just don't want to get you in trouble again.' Nigel said, feeling a little bummed that he had gotten Taranee into trouble on their last date.

'Nigel, we're eating sushi.' Taranee said, trying to reassure her boyfriend. 'What could possibly go wrong?'

Right at that moment two people came in.

'N-Nobody move! This is a stick up!' the man said.

The woman was wearing a ski mask while the man was holding his in his hand.

'Jerry!' the woman hissed. 'Your mask!'

Jerry clumsily put his mask on his head.

'Whoops! Oh sorry Lesley.' he said.

'Don't say my name!' Lesley hissed angrily.

Taranee looked at the two "thugs".

*Great. Just my luck that this happens when I'm just eating sushi! Me and my big mouth. This usually happens with Irma.* she thought annoyed.

Jerry turned to the Japanese man behind the register.

'Open the register!' he demanded. 'Or…Or else!'

'Or else? Or else what?' the man asked scared.

Jerry shrugged and turned to Lesley. Lesley face palmed and groaned before turning to the man.

'Trust me.' she threatened. 'You don't want to know.'

The man shook his head in fear.

'No, I don't!' he said. 'I…I…whaaa…'

He passed out.

Jerry bent over the register.

'Dude! The money first! Then you can faint! Uhh… Dude?'

Taranee was silently calling the police while the two robbers were busy at the register.

'That's right officer.' she said. 'A male and a female. Princess Sushi on fourth.'

'You! Glasses!' Jerry yelled when he figured out that Taranee was calling. Taranee gasped as she hid her telephone. 'Who're you talking to?'

Nigel got up and made threatening movements to Jerry.

'Stay away from her!'

Without that anyone noticed it (Except for Shagon) Taranee created a small fireball and shot it at the sprinklers. The sprinklers went off and the floor started to get wet. Jerry was still advancing towards Taranee but slipped on the water that was coming down.

'Man.' he said confused. 'Why'd the sprinklers go off?'

'Maybe it's because all those brain cells your burning?' Lesley replied annoyed.

She then grabbed the register and started to hammer it on the counter.

'How do you open this stupid thing?'

*Not the smartest crooks.* Taranee thought as she watched the two. *I bet that Lurdens are smarter than those two.*

'I know how.' Taranee said.

Nigel looked in shock at Taranee, who was now getting up to help the robber.

'Taranee?' he questioned.

'My mom says to always cooperate.' Taranee said.

She then took the mask off of Lesley. 'But I'm through listening to mom!'

'Hey!' Lesley yelled as she started to fight Taranee to get her mask back.

Matt watched how Taranee was acting out. He had never expected that Taranee would be this bold. Nevertheless he was greatly enjoying herself.

'Go Taranee! Go Nigel!' he cheered. 'I'm going to have to tell Will about this.'

Shagon looked at his host and secretly smiled. He had to admit that this plan was way better than his own. The guy wasn't that bad…No! His loyalty laid with Nerissa and this little wanna be rocker would not make him chance his loyalty.

During the fight between Taranee and Lesley they slipped and knocked a box of fish down. The fish landed on them as they kept fighting. Jerry decided to help.

'Give Lesley back her ski mask!' he demanded.

Taranee was ignoring him while Lesley growled at him.

'Jerry! Would you stop using my name?'

Jerry tried to grab Taranee but he got a fish in his face. Nigel then jumped on his back, pulling him away from Taranee.

'If ol' Lesley needs her mask so badly.' he said. 'Let's give her yours!'

He then pulled Jerry's mask off.

Shagon was shaking his head as he watched the two couples fight. Nigel and Jerry were having a wrestling competition while Lesley sat on Taranee and was restraining one of Taranee's hands that held a fish while she tried to get her ski mask back from the other hand.

*At least their date is foiled* Shagon thought with satisfaction when he saw the police enter. *Now this is getting fun.*

'What is going on here?' the female cop asked.

A fish flew through the room.

'The call said robbery. Not food fight.'

Both parties stopped fighting. Jerry was stunned while Nigel was smirking.

'The cops?' he said. 'Sweet!'

Both Taranee and Lesley appeared above the counter. Both had a fish on their head. Lesley quickly pointed at Taranee.

'Arrest them officer!' she said innocently. 'They're fish thieves!'

Taranee got up and glared at Lesley.

'What?' she said indignantly.

Lesley smirked at Taranee as she pointed at her hand.

'Look at them!' she said. 'They've got ski masks!'

Both Nigel and Taranee looked at their hands. Both were holding the ski masks, making them look guilty. Jerry smirked as well. The female cop sighed.

'We'll sort this out downtown.' she said.

She then scrunched up her nose, as if she was smelling something awful. She then waved her hand in front of her nose, as if she tried to wave the bad air away.

'Oeh! What's that smell?' she asked.

Taranee glared at Lesley.

*She should be REALLY happy right now that I can't use my powers! I really hate fate.* Taranee thought darkly as she went with the police officers.

Shagon was laughing softly at the scene.

'So we're bringing them to the office?' he said. 'Oh well. It's not like I've got anything better to do.'

And with that, he took off after the police car.

Later on, at the police station.

Both Nigel and Taranee were sitting on the bench as they waited for their "punishment". Though both of them were now hoping that the police officers would throw them into jail. Everything was better than to listen to a freaking Theresa Cook, who came in as soon as she heard about the robbery.

'I knew it!' Theresa Cook said as she paced back and forth in front of Nigel and Taranee. 'I knew this boy was bad news! He lures you out against my wishes and drags you into a life of crime! My little girl is a purb!'

Taranee sighed. As usual was her mother overreacting. And now she had only more reasons to hate Nigel. And he didn't do a thing!

'Oh no!' Theresa said as she started to fear even more. 'What if I have to sentence my own daughter!'

It took all of Taranee's willpower not to face palm herself or scream at her mother. This wasn't exactly her day. She was smelling like Blunk, was arrested for robbery and now her mother was acting as if she was 4 years old! If something didn't happen soon she would not be responsible for her actions.

'No charges judge!'

*Hallelujah!* Taranee thought as she saw the police officer return.

Theresa turned around to see the female police officer walking at them with a Japanese man behind her.

'We have the honor statement.' she said. 'Turns out Taranee and Nigel were just innocent bystanders. Good Samaritans actually. They tried to help.'

'Ooh…' Theresa said as she noticed that her daughter had gotten up.

She was feeling very stupid for freaking out like that. And she knew that Taranee wasn't too happy with her. She turned around and saw Taranee's glare. Nigel got up as well but he had a soft smile on his face.

'I…I've made a horrible mistake.' she said as she bowed her head. 'All I ever wanted was to protect you, keep you safe. But I'm very sorry, really.'

She then turned to Nigel.

'Nigel, you too.'

Nigel smiled and wanted to tell Mrs. Cook that there was no problem, but Taranee clearly had other ideas.

'YOU think sorry makes this okay?' she sneered at her mother, her voice reaching new heights. 'It's bad enough that you never gave Nigel a chance. But how could you think that I…with the mask? And the fish? I-I can't even talk to you!'

With that Taranee walked off.

'Taranee!' Theresa said but Taranee paid no heed.

'Teenagers.' she heard the police officer say.

She kept walking until she noticed the two crooks from the sushi bar.

'I swear we did that for a company!' Lesley yelled at the officer.

The officer chuckled.

'Oh yeah? And what may the name of this company be?' he said sarcastically.

'Uhmm…What was it again.. Ner…Neriss...' Lesley started but it didn't look like she knew the company name.

'Nerissa&co.!' Jerry exclaimed.

Lesley nodded vigorously but the officer laughed.

'Nerissa&co.? What a joke!' he said as he carted the two crooks off.

Taranee was meanwhile fuming. So it wasn't a coincidence that the sushi bar got robbed. It was thanks to Nerissa! Taranee stalked away, heading towards the Silver Dragon while leaving black scorch spots on the floor.

Shagon had been watching the whole time. He snickered.

'I love it when a plan comes together.' he said before folding away.

[A/n] Yeah well…I found the random stick up a little too random so I gave them a cause. And first I wanted to have Zafyra do the dirty work but I thought, let's make Shagon doubt. It worked out well huh?

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