Cornelia's Nightmares
Phase 2: Gone With Your Stare
Cornelia sighed sadly. Caleb sat opposite of her while the other guardians were sprawled all around her. She didn't dare look at him. Her eyes were still puffy.
"Boo, Corny, you look bad. By the way what was with the earthquake last night?" Irma asked in a light tone.
Cornelia didn't even glare at her for calling her 'Corny'.
"I had a nightmare. I may or may have not caused the earthquake."
At the mention of nightmare the others' eyes widened.
"Nightmare? Nerissa?" Will questioned.
"Yeah," the Earth Guardian said weakly.
"What was it about?" Taranee asked.
Cornelia ignored the question.
"Cornelia! What was it about?" The others looked at her worriedly.
"I… uh… don't remember."
"Liar." Taranne proclaimed. In her mind, Irma was willing Cornelia to tell. Just say it. What was it about?!
"Fine!" Cornelia snapped. "It was about Caleb. Nerissa had him and-" The Earth Guardian finally realized what she said and fled the basement of the Silver Dragon. She sobbed as she raced home.
So love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
Cornelia stopped ten feet away from the home and sobbed. Then hands encircled her.
"He broke up with me. Again. He said he was protecting me but look what he did!" Sobs raked her body and she collapsed into Irma's arms.The other W. i. t. c. h held her for a while and Hay Lin brought her home with a gust of wind. Once in Cornelia's room, the Guardians held her while she cried. They didn't leave. They just sat there with her. And as the days followed, each girl took turns offering moral support.
December
There's a possibility,
There's a possibility,
All that I had, was all I'm gonn' get.
mmmmmmm...
January
I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dream.
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why
Without you it's hard to survive.
February
Love's the sweetest feeling
Openly believing
No matter what we find there
Come back in through the eyes there
Sole and born creation
The lion's in the house
Flowers are up in the air
Crashing against the dark
Ah, ahhah ah...
March
Until the day I let you go
Until we say our next hello
It´s not good-bye
´Til I see you again
I´ll be right here rememberin´ when
And if time is on our side
There´ll be no tears to cry
On down the road
There is one thing I can´t deny
It´s not good-bye
Monday
Where I come from
You say things will be well and fine
Though the world around you is crumbling
And the truth bleak as a bee
Stay close believe
Though things are not what they seem
I won't let them destroy these dreams
Tuesday
So tell me when you hear my heart stop
You're the only one who knows.
Tell me when you hear my silence.
There's a possibility I wouldn't know
mmmmmmm...
mmmmmmm...
Know that when you leave,
Know that when you leave,
By blood and by me, you walk like a thief,
By blood and by me, I fall when you leave.
It was Wednesday and Irma decided to visit her favorite blonde early in the morning.
"Hi, Mrs. Hale. I'm here to see Cornelia,"
Just then an earsplitting scream echoed through the hallway.
"Is that…"Irma trailed off knowing the answer already.
"Yes, Irma. Every night."
"Let me," Irma said winking as she raced towards a screaming Cornelia.
"P-PPLEASE! C-CCALEB! CALEB! CALEB!" Irma slapped Cornelia across the face.
"Wake up!" Irma yelled. When the blonde didn't answer Irma splashed her with a jet of water.
"IRMA!" Cornelia yelled. Irma stood there smirking over her. Then Cornelia started sobbing.
"Cornelia, what's wrong?" she asked kindly. "He's gone. He's really gone. Nerissa killed him. She killed my h-hhero…" Cornelia sobbed as Irma wrpped her arms around her. They typically weren't friends but now Cornelia mostly just asked for Irma to spend time with.
"Nah, he isn't dead. He's very much alive," Irma said comfortingly with a hint of sarcasm evident in her voice.
"Coming to school?" Irma asked grinning.
"I'd be dead if I didn't."
And with that, Cornelia stalked up to her closet selecting a bunch of clothes not really caring what she wore. Irma was in the least bit surprised. Cornelia, however, looked flawless when she finished changing. She grabbed her book bag and followed Irma to the parking lot where the girls went inside Irma's dad's cruiser and went to school.
School went relatively well, Irma trying to get through Cornelia's shell, begging her or calling her 'Corny', but the blonde Guardian didn't say anything. She continued like a shell. She was a numb shell.
After school, the others went to the Silver Dragon but Cornelia went home where she stared off in space not caring.
There's a possibility, mmmmmmm... There's a possibility, So tell me when you hear my heart stop mmmmmmm... Know that when you leave, So tell me when you hear my heart stop. So tell me when my sorrows over mmmmmm... By blood and by me, I'll fall when you leave. mmmmm...
There's a possibility,
All that I had, was all I'm gonn' get.
There's a possibility,
All I'm gonn' get is gone with your stare.
All I'm gonn' get is gone with your stare.
You're the only one who knows.
Tell me when you hear my silence.
There's a possibility I wouldn't know
mmmmmmm...
Know that when you leave,
by blood and by me, you walk like a thief,
by blood and by me, I fall when you leave.
You're the only one who knows.
Tell me when you hear my silence,
There's a possibility I wouldn't know.
You're the reason why I'm closed
Tell me when you hear me falling.
There's a possibility it wouldn't show.
mmmmmm...
By blood and by me, I'll follow your lead.
mmmmm...
mmmmm...
mmmmm...
The other guardians were starting to worry. They were planning on going to Zamballa to warn the ex-Earth Guardian about Nerissa's bad plans. Caleb was coming with them but they needed their own Earth Guardian.
"I've had enough!" Irma exclaimed as the girls made their way from the Cornelia's flat to the Silver Dragon.
"What do you suggest, oh intelligent one?" Taranee asked. Irma glared.
"That that good-for-nothing-idiot hears a piece of our minds! I miss Cornelia. But she's gone. She's just a shell. He took her spirit, her laugh, and her feelings with him. She's just this numb ghost!"
"Hell, yeah! Since when do you care about Cornelia?"
"Since forever. I just don't really show it."
"Irma's right," Hay Lin said. "He needs to know how much he's hurting her!"
"So we'll talk. Tonight."
"Tonight!"
"Yeah!"
"We want our Corny back!"