W.I.T.C.H. S2 E17

## Plot

The Knights keep attacking Kadma and they keep losing. It's all part of their plan to make Kadma cocky to get the Heart of Zamballa. Or to at least get Nerissa to enthrall her. Will is swimming with her dad. She always wanted to be an Olympic swimmer. She's upset when her dad tells her that he's getting married to Serena Sanchez, a woman who looks like she's in her late 20's or early 30's at most. That's not the kind of thing you just *tell* your teenage daughter. They had a rockier relationship in the comics, when he was a deadbeat dad. One of the few things from the comics that I would've liked to have seen adapted into the cartoon. It looks like Will *still* hasn't learned her lesson from season 1, episode 5 about not jumping to conclusions. The girls even reference it! They transform and go to Zamballa. Will wants Blunk to spy on Serena to see if she's Nerissa in disguise. The Knights are defeated and retreat again. Kadma wants Will to claim and absorb the Heart of Meridian. Since Elyon lost her powers, even after she's freed she'll require a regent, someone she can trust who can hold onto her power for her. The others don't like it though, since two Hearts in any one person's hands sounds like a bad idea. They even start comparing her to Nerissa. Will wants to do it though and prove to the others that she can control it. The next day, they ambush Nerissa and the Knights in a rock quarry. Will and Kadma follow Nerissa into a cave. Shagon causes a cave in so the others can't follow, and Halinor puts Cornelia out of commission so she can't lift the rocks. Kadma and Will capture Nerissa, but Will realizes that the others were right. Before she can try to free Elyon, Kadma decides to absorb the Heart for herself, claiming that in their hands, it will be an unstoppable force for good. That's exactly what Nerissa wanted. She zaps the staff into her hand and frees herself. She's able to control Kadma thanks to her pride, which convinced her that no power was beyond her control. Nerissa now has the Heart of Zamballa and the Heart of Meridian. Combined, they form the Seal of Nerissa. I think that Nerissa was able to take the Heart of Zamballa from Kadma without her permission either because she immediately mind controlled her after it happened, which robbed her of her free will, or because Kadma technically and metaphorically drew first blood (as in, breaking the rules of permission magic) by trying to take the Heart of Meridian by force and without Nerissa's permission. Irma saves Will from her and Kadma by flooding the cave. Now they just have to escape the Knights, Nerissa, Kadma, Halinor, and Cassidy. I can't believe Taranee and Hay Lin managed to handle most of them on their own, presumably for at least a couple of minutes while Irma flooded the cave system. Will tries teletransporting for the first time. Luckily, no one got stuck in a wall. The only good news is that Nerissa didn't get the Heart of Kandrakar or Will, and the others know that Will isn't destined to turn into her. With Kadma gone, Ironwood, a female tree, becomes Zamballa's regent. Her first act is to banish the girls, since if they come back, it may tempt Nerissa into attacking their planet again. Will realizes that she was wrong about Serena being Nerissa. She's okay with her dad marrying Serena now.

## Review

Did I mention in the last one that Kadma was arrogant? No? Well, I have now. She deserves a lot worse than simply being mind controlled though if you ask me. I really hate her. You can at least forgive Elyon for the stuff she did in season 1 as her being manipulated and only being a child. Kadma is being manipulated too, but she's an adult and a former Guardian. I just think she should know better. Speaking of which, Ironwood isn't much better in my opinion. You're banishing the people who just saved your planet? Yes, it's so their planet won't be made a target again, but still. It was your own ruler's fault for being mind controlled, because she was too damn prideful and power hungry! We're lucky Kadma never turns into a second Nerissa or Phobos if you ask me. Speaking of which, who exactly has been in charge of Meridian since Elyon was taken prisoner weeks or even months ago now? Kandrakar is literally just one temple with a handful of comatose prisoners and at least still has Luba, but Meridian is an entire planet full of people. How are *they* managing without their own queen and their world's source of magic? Oh, and Serena and Will's dad and their marriage are never seen or brought up again. Ever. Thanks for that pointless B-plot. I would've rather delved more into Will and Nerissa's similarities and differences.