Title: Curiosity and Troubles

Author: Anna Angel

Rating: T for language

Status: In Progress

Category: Family/Drama

Characters/Pairings: Piper/Leo, Phoebe/Coop, Paige/Henry

Plot: A little girl mysteriously appears in the Halliwell kitchen talking about her sister being kidnapped. What happens when the little girl is kidnapped herself and there's a new evil trying to run the Underworld? Can the sisters save both the girls and stop this new evil? Mostly Piper/Leo centered, but the other pairings will make an appearance trust me!

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Charmed or anything to do with Charmed. I do own my ideas and whatever characters are not in the Charmed-verse, but not Charmed sadly.

A/N: Just another random idea popped into my head. No, it's not a time travel story at all, sorry. Though, I might do one if inspiration hits me. I'm trying to keep this story pretty cannon, and it takes place after the Ultimate Battle, so it is mentioned in here. However, Billie will probably not be making an appearance unless I feel the need to use her. Both Chirsty and Billie are mentioned but not in the story. Anyway, enough of my rambling. I hope you enjoy the story and tell me what you think! :)

"Bailey! Bailey, where are you?"

"Boo! Gotcha!" The young blonde exclaimed as she laughed hysterically at her half sister's worried and scared expression.

"That's not funny," the young brunette replied as she crossed her arms. She was clearly the younger of the two.

"Oh relax, Emily. It's not like anyone else is in the store besides us, and remember I'm Emily not Bailey." The girl smirked. This was a game she and her sister played all the time. Every time they were placed in another foster home they'd either switch names or play pranks. It was safe to say, they were put in a lot of different foster homes.

The young, stubborn brunette still didn't like the store they were in. She could sense it wasn't like the ones before. "Let's get out of here then, Emily. This place doesn't feel right to me." She looked around suspiciously.

"Oh relax, Bailey. If anyone attacks us, we'll just use our powers. No one can hurt us." She turned to her sister and smiled. "So let's have a little fun before we have to go back to that hell-hole we have to call a family." The blonde rolled her eyes. She knew the two hadn't really had a family since their parents were mysteriously murdered.

This did little comfort to her younger sister, though. "I don't know. This place still gives me the creeps."

Turning to her younger sister, Bailey grabbed her sister's hand. "Come on, it'll be fun, Bailey." The older sister began leading the other back where the costumes were. "Here," she enthusiastically said thrusting a costume at her sister. "I'll try this on while you try that on."

Her older sister ran into the dressing room while Emily just sat there. She didn't want to try the costume on. She wanted to leave.

"You don't look like you belong here little girl."

Emily's eyes widened at the dark and scary voice behind her. She took a large gulp before turning around and looking at the scary man. "I'm here with my older sister." Emily took a glance at the dressing room before looking back at the man. "Emily, this man wants to see you."

"Relax, Bailey, I'm coming."

Emily stared back at the man. She got a bad feeling from him.

"She's Emily," he asked a little uncertainly. The young, brunette simply nodded her head not wanting to talk to the man. "Good, but we'll have to do something about you." The man grabbed onto Emily's mouth as the girl tried to scream and squirm away.

Thinking quickly, she bit the man's hand and screamed. "Help!" She noticed some hangars laying on the floor. "Hangars!" With one shout the hangars were engulfed in blue lights and reappeared hitting the man in the head.

"Ow! What the," he said looking at the little brat in his arms.

Bailey stepped out of the dressing room looking at her sister. "Let her go!"

"Or what little witch?"

Bailey glared at the man. She concentrated really hard as smirked as vines entrapped the man's legs.

"What the hell?"

"You said a bad word," Emily screamed childishly as she punched the man in the face and orbed out of his arms. "Come on, let's get out of here!" She grabbed her older sister's arm and began running. However, they didn't get far when more men appeared in front of them. They reached for the older sister and grabbed her.

"We've been waiting a long time for this, Emily," they said smiling evilly at her.

The real Emily stared up in confusion. Why did these guys think Bailey was her? The men disappeared with her sister before she could do anything except one. She turned around scared. She didn't like this. She closed her eyes wishing she was somewhere safe. Little did she know she'd orbed somewhere very safe.

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Piper Halliwell was working on making breakfast in her kitchen. "Leo, could you get the boys please? Breakfast is almost ready!"

"Already have them," he said smiling at his two boys. He set Wyatt down. "They orbed right into my arms. They're getting pretty good at the whole orbing thing." He lifted Chris into the air before setting him down in his highchair. "Isn't that right, Chris?" Chris laughed at his daddy.

Wyatt walked over to the table and sat down waiting for his food patiently. Only occasionally would he steal glances back at his parents and laugh. "I thought I told both of you not to orb without permission," Piper said half scolding and half smiling with pride. She couldn't help but be proud of her kiddos. When she was finally done cooking she cut up both the boys' food before serving it to them.

"We've done pretty well with these two, haven't we," Piper said smiling at Leo.

"Yeah, I think we have," he replied happily while giving her a quick kiss before stealing some pancakes for himself.

"Sometimes I swear you only married me for my cooking," Piper said dryly.

"No, I married you, because of your big heart. The cooking was an added bonus," he replied before taking a bite of his food.

"Mhm."

Before anyone could say any more a young girl orbed right into the kitchen. Piper hesitantly looked at Leo wondering if he'd seen what she'd seen, and by his look, he had.

The girl opened her eyes terrified. "Wh-where am I? Where's my sister?"

Piper approached the girl cautiously before bending down. "Honey, how old are you?"

The girl looked at the older woman hesitantly. She didn't know her, but she didn't get any bad vibe from her. She seemed almost safe. "I-I'm five," she said holding up her hand as if to prove her point further.

"Wow, that must make you quite a big girl," Piper said smiling and hoping to coax the girl to trust her. She didn't want to scare her away. "Do you have a name?" The young girl nodded but didn't speak. "Can I know that name?"

"E," she hesitated, "Emily."

Leo, deciding to chime in, bent down next to Piper. "Do you happen to remember how you got here?"

Emily tilted her head curiously at the man. He seemed safe too, but she was still scared. She wanted her sister here. Emily sniffed and wiped her eyes. "Some bad men came and attacked my sister and I. I was stuck, so I closed my eyes and wished I was somewhere safe. Then I was here."

Piper glanced at Leo. "Emily, do you know who these men were or where your sister is?" The young girl simply shook her head. Piper smiled sadly and held out her hand slowly. "Well, my family and I are having breakfast. Are you hungry?" The young, brunette nodded slowly. "Do you want to join us?" Again the girl slowly nodded. "Okay, come on. Leo will get you a plate."

The girl cautiously grabbed onto Piper's hand. Piper smiled and guided the girl to the table that Wyatt was sitting at. "I'm Piper," Piper said indicating herself, "That's Wyatt and that's Chris," indicating the two boys. "And that's Leo, my husband," she said pointing at Leo who had set the plate of pancakes in front of the young girl. "Why don't you stay here and eat with Wyatt, while Leo and I go talk in that room over there. Are you going to be okay?"

"Y-yeah, thanks." Emily shyly smiled up at Piper and picked up the silverware before beginning to eat.

After walking into the other room, Piper looked at Leo. "Did you see her orb in? You don't think," Piper stopped before peering in at the girl who was talking to her eldest son.

"I don't know. I mean, it's happened before. Look at Paige and our children."

"You know, with all those rules up there, you'd think the Elders would have a better handle on their whitelighters," Piper said raising an eyebrow. "Not that I can complain, I'm just saying."

Leo laughed and grabbed his wife's hand. "What do you think we should do?"

"Well, we have to find her sister. If my suspicions are right, and they usually are, then those were demons that kidnapped her sister." She squeezed her husband's hand and peered in again at the young girl. "I don't want this to be another Billy and Christy situation."

"Hey, I doubt it the same thing. Billy and Christy were the ultimate power. I don't think this girl and her sister are even close to that."

She hit Leo across the chest lightly. "No, not that whole ordeal, I mean the whole sister being raised by demons. I don't want to see this little girl have to go through the same thing."

He pulled Piper into his arms and smiled. "See there's that big heart I was talking about. We'll make sure that won't happen again."

"Wow!"

Both Leo and Piper turned at the girl's exclamation. Both looked cautiously at each other before entering the kitchen. Sighing, they both were calmer as they saw what the girl's exclamation was about. "Wyatt Mathew Halliwell! What did I say about using your powers without permission?"

Wyatt looked up at the silverware he was currently making float before smiling and setting them down. "Sworry, Mommy."

Chris clapped his hands and laughed before blinking his eyes. A spoon suddenly orbed into his hands making the young boy laugh and clap louder. "Chris," Piper scolded lightly.

Emily smiled happily at the family. She couldn't believe they were just like her, or similar at least. "Pancake," she yelled as one orbed onto her plate. She smiled proudly down at her plate before looking back up at the two parents. Both were staring at her wide-eyed. "What? Was that not okay?"

"No, no sweetie. It was fine." Piper looked at Leo with wide eyes as she nodded towards the girl.

Leo quickly stepped in, "Emily, do you have any parents we could contact?"

Emily's smile quickly turned into a frown as she shook her head. "T-they were k-killed w-when I was a baby," she said sadly. Her eyes began tearing up as the little girl tried to will herself not to cry.

Piper looked at Leo whom he replied with a sorry look and shrug. Piper sighed sadly and walked over to the girl. "It's okay, sweetie." She cautiously hugged the girl not wanting to scare her.

Emily sniffed and leaned into the woman's hug. She hadn't felt this comforted in a while. "It's okay, I don't really remember them. I've only heard stories from Bailey." She began crying as she remembered that her sister was gone now too. "Sh-sh-she's nine and c-c-can r-r-remember them."

"Shh, it's okay. Everything is going to be alright," Piper comforted as she silently told Leo to take the boys upstairs.

Leo nodded as he silently slipped away with both boys in his arms.

Piper pulled the girl away to look at her. "Does your sister have special gifts like you?"

The young girl sniffed and nodded her head. "Sh-she c-can make p-plants grow." The young girl began crying again as Piper once again held her.

"It's okay. We'll find your sister, and everything is going to be okay." Piper picked up the girl and began rocking her while making comforted shushing noises in her ear.

The girl nodded her head into Piper's neck. She hadn't even realized how tired she was until she reached Piper's arms and soon enough she was asleep.

Piper sighed as she looked down at the girl sleeping. She felt bad for the girl. She's already lost so much at such a young age. Piper began heading upstairs, but was stopped by bright blue lights that were in front of her.

TBC…

A/N: Like it? Hate it? Want to date it? Tell me what you think! :)