Charmed Again Part 1
I heard my aunt Piper's voice up in the attic. She was trying to bring back my mom. She was crying, she blamed Leo, I knew. But what she didn't know is that my mom had died the instant she landed, surely she had. I didn't feel her magic nor did I hear a heartbeat. Though I didn't know how to check that. I looked around my room. Several days had passed since Shax had attacked yet all of my belongings remained in suitcases. The bed remained made, the closet empty, and the desk untouched. I felt a cool breeze come in through the window. It was pitch black outside as it was past midnight.
"Estelle, what are you doing up?" it was Phoebe, she had come to check on me as she had done every other night since my mom had died.
"Couldn't sleep," I said softly. She sat next to me on my bed and put her arm around me. I didn't want her sitting next to me. I didn't want anyone sitting next to me. I just wanted my mom. She wasn't coming back. Piper had tried all the different ways and none worked. The way I had was gone. I had looked for my powder after returning back in time but it was gone. I had used it in an emergency but then time had been reset and it was gone. All of it, not even a speck was left.
"You should get some sleep. Tomorrow is- tomorrow is going to be a long day."
The next morning I laced the back of my dress my hands shaking. I twisted my hair into a bun and put a hat on top of my head. The wire veil slightly covered my face. I arrived downstairs and Phoebe and grandfather were standing in the parlor. The stopped talking upon seeing me. They stared at me, seeming shocked. Phoebe stepped forward and her face fall. She pulled me into her arms again. Piper came down, wanting to just get it over with.
As the priestess spoke through the ceremony I tuned her out. Inside the coffin in front of me was were my mother lied. She would never move, never speak, or never perform magic again. I'd never feel her touch, her voice, or see the love in her eyes again. I'd never hug her again. I really would never see her again. She was gone... my mom was gone... because she was dead. I heard the priestess's voice and then I felt strong arms guide me to the front of church.
People shook hands with Phoebe, giving their condolences. The veil I wore somewhat shielded my eyes so I didn't have to look at people. Their gazes flickered to me but they all passed in a blur. I heard Phoebe ask how a couple of them knew my mother. One said they met her long ago, that they had a mutual friend, and another said she just knew her from around. Phoebe ended falling to the ground then a demon attacked when Cole showed up. I wanted to kill him. I wanted him destroyed. If it wasn't for him my mom would be alive. It wouldn't matter that I would be dead because she'd still be here.
Piper then yelled at him and Phoebe mentioned having to go after the innocent. What happened after they left the church I didn't really know. Grandfather sat with me in the church the most of the morning. He ended up driving me back to the Manor. I walked around the reception seeing new and old faces. There was Jack, an old boyfriend who gave me a small smile, Justin, Gil, her old manager from 415 Magazine, and some people from P3.
I ended up heading upstairs and glanced into my mother's room, it was empty, kept, no longer lived in. I sat in their, on her bed, her jacket was tossed over the bedpost but everything was in perfect condition. I ended up lying down and falling asleep, upon waking I heard my aunts' voices so I went up to the attic. Grams had shown up but my mother wasn't their. I sat in the loveseat waiting for her to appear but she didn't. Piper and Phoebe ended up leaving the attic frustrated after Grams refused to say anymore.
"How are you doing?" Grams asked in what seemed like a very distant voice, "Estelle, can you hear me?"
"I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"I asked how you were doing darling," she said.
"I- I don't know," I said really when I felt like vomiting. It wasn't like I had anything to eat though throughout the day. I had a few cheese cubes and pieces of slice meat but that was it.
"If you need to talk to anyone your aunts and here and you can call me or your Grandmother." She disappeared and I realized she never said I could speak to my mother. I felt like she was standing in the room. She wasn't though, she would never stand in this room again. I would never sit next to her on this loveseat again. I wanted her to hold me in her arms, just once more. I wanted to say goodbye. But I couldn't because not only was she gone but she had left me. I returned to my mom's room and stayed there for what seemed like days. I heard voices, there was anger that filled most of them and guilt. Eventually footsteps pounded up the stairs then the attic door burst open. I followed my aunts, they had left the attic earlier and I hadn't even noticed. A woman who looked very much like my aunts was being dragged in by them. Shax then showed up. I scrambled to my feet.
I saw my mother fly through the wall again. I saw her stop breathing. I felt her die. I felt like I was kicked in the stomach. It began harder to breath. I ran from the room stumbling down the stairs and the young woman brushed past me. Piper and Phoebe were yelling at her to come back. I looked at where my mom was thrown through the wall, it had been repaired but I'd never see it that way again. I ended up walking to my aunts whom were both standing in the parlor.
"Who was she?" I never did really see her face.
"Her name is Paige," Phoebe said, "She's our half- sister."
A/N: That's it for the first chapter of Estelle's War! The chapter of Changing Fate is up as well, so please check that out! The next chapter will be uploaded January 8th. Please review with your thoughts! Chapters will be uploaded every other week.