The Mudslugs

The Mudslugs is the 15th episode of W.I.T.C.H. It first aired May 7, 2005.

Summary
Elyon Brown seems to have adjusted to her new life as the Princess of Meridian, living in Phobos' castle, although she is still under the illusion that Phobos has created. Meanwhile, Cornelia gets so upset about losing Elyon to Cedric and Phobos that she quits being the Earth Guardian.

Phobos uses this to his advantage to pull a "divide and conquer" move on Will Vandom, Irma Lair, Taranee Cook and Hay Lin. Phobos sends the mudslugs to go after Will, Irma, Taranee, Hay Lin, Caleb and Blunk. Without Cornelia, the girls are powrless to defeat the mudslugs and their mother.

Thanks to radio, Cornelia returns to being the Earth Guardian and defeats the mudslugs. In the B-story, Cornelia destroys the friendship with the others when she misses Elyon.

Trivia

 * Alchemy and Cornelia's friendship is highly  acknowledged in this episode.
 * It is shown that Will has W.I.T.C.H. sewn onto her backpack, but the acronym wasn't seen on her backpack in previous episodes so this is probably a recent addition.
 * Will is briefly shown in class wearing her guardian uniform.
 * This episode was originally scripted to mark Miranda's debut. However, the two Meridian scenes where she was supposed to appear and be introduced to Elyon had to be cut because of episode length.