"A New Destiny"
Here is a new series. Please enjoy and review!
In the city of San Francisco were a family of traveling tourists, one being a father, a mother and two girls who were looking around curiously as the father used a map to try and find some place they were meant to go.
"Are you sure you're reading the map right?" the mother asked almost desperately.
"Yes, I am. Come on, it's this way." The father said sternly.
The oldest daughter who looked to be 14 sighed as she walked along with her parents, her younger sister following close behind so that she wouldn't get lost.
It was a new city in a different country and they seemed to have strayed to the bad part of the city where the crime was big and danger was all around them.
The father led them down an alley where a man dressed in black clothing was standing with his arms folded in front of his chest as if he had been waiting on them.
"Hello Motomiya family. It's been a while." He greeted.
"Xavier. How are you?" the father, Ryun, asked.
The mother, Sakura, tried to hide her fear of the man while the oldest daughter Jun looked over with a frown while the youngest, Daisuke, looked curious as to what would happen.
"Do you really care? Now, where is she?" Xavier asked.
Ryun looked back to his two daughters and then grabbed Daisuke, the 11 year old giving him a confused look.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Jun asked as she went to follow, but Sakura grabbed her and held the magenta haired girl back.
"No dear, stay here." She warned.
Ryun placed Daisuke down in front of Xavier who smirked as he looked down at the girl and into her dark chocolate brown eyes that were filled with fear and curiosity.
Xavier then picked her up, but Daisuke tried to wriggle out of his grasp while Jun fought her mother's hold on her to try and get to her sister.
"There she is. Now leave us alone." Ryun demanded as he turned and walked back over to his wife and eldest daughter.
"What are you doing? Why did you give Dai to that creep? Let me go!" Jun yelled as her mother held her in a strong grasp.
"Let me go! Daddy!" Daisuke called as she looked back at her father.
He didn't even look back, his eyes were hard and cold as he walked over to Sakura and Jun, slinging the magenta haired girl over his shoulder and carrying her off.
"Let go!" she screamed as she looked over to Daisuke as the Motomiyas just left.
Daisuke had tears in her eyes as she was just abandoned, Xavier smirking as he then started to fade away, his body warping into thin air and the little girl went along with him.
They reappeared in a house where a few more men were waiting on Xavier, Daisuke still thrashing in the man's arms.
"It seems you've got the child." One of the men said.
"Yes I did. Such a pathetic man really. Just giving up his own daughter without a fight." Xavier tutted as he threw Daisuke down onto the bed that was in the room.
"Who are you? What are you?" she asked as she glared at them trying to be brave.
Xavier locked his blue eyes on her as he brushed his black hair back from his face.
The man who talked before had blonde hair and brown eyes dressed in black clothing as well while the final man had brown hair with brown eyes dressed in black.
"We're demons." The final male said.
Daisuke's eyes went wide at that as she thought back to about three years ago when the horde of ghosts that kidnapped her and her family, bringing them to the TV station where they met that scary vampire who was looking both of the Motomiya girls over for some reason.
Were these three demons like those monsters?
"What do you want with me?" she asked.
Xavier kneeled down in front of her.
"It's simple; you have a special power inside of you that our master wants." He said.
"Power?" Daisuke asked in confusion.
"Yeah, our master found that you had the power inside of you so he sent Xavier to go talk to your daddy. He said to hand you over when you were near your 12th birthday or else he, your mommy and sister would be killed." The blonde demon sneered.
The mahogany haired girl whimpered as she sat back in the bed.
"S-So what are you gonna do with me?" she asked.
"We're keeping you here until our master calls and tells us when is the right time to bring you down to the Underworld." The brunette answered.
Xavier brushed her hair out of her face, Daisuke shivering in disgust at the simple touch of the demon which made him smirk.
"Don't worry. If the Source is kind, he will raise you as his own child. Be proud. You'll be the daughter of the most powerful evil being in existence." He drawled.
Whining in distress, Daisuke pulled her knees up into her chest as the three men walked out of the room, but she could see that the two nameless demons stood on either side of the door to guard it and make sure she didn't escape.
(Four days later…)
She still hadn't moved from her spot on the bed, not wanting to move, even when the blonde demon, Alexander, brought her some food from the nearest fast food restaurant.
He had just placed the bag in front of her, but she didn't check to see what was inside since she was still too upset at her mother and father for giving her up so easily to the Source.
Not only had her parents never treated her well, but now they had done the worst thing possible; giving up their child to a demon.
She had just cried, but didn't sob so that the demons would hear and rush in to laugh at her or make her feel worse than she already felt.
Yelling then came from outside the room making her look up curiously, one of the men, Caius, screaming in pain which confused her.
Just then, the door was opened up by a young woman with tanned skin, blonde hair and dark brown eyes dressed in light colored clothing.
"Oh my God. Prue, Piper, there's a little girl in here!" she called, her eyes never leaving Daisuke.
Another woman with long brown hair and the same brown eyes as the blonde came over next to her, staring at the girl in shock.
"How did a little girl get in here? Never mind, come on." The brunette said as she and the blonde ran into the room.
Daisuke stared at them as the blonde kneeled down next to the girl, checking her over and stared into the large chocolate eyes that were filled with fear and heartbreak.
"Okay, come on, sweetie. We're gonna get cha out of here." The blonde said.
"Who are you?" Daisuke asked.
"I'm Phoebe; this is my older sister Piper. Our other sister is out there dealing with the last demon. Don't worry; we'll get you out of here." She smiled as she brushed Daisuke's hair from her face.
"Honey, what's your name?" Piper asked.
"Daisuke." She spoke.
"Well, Daisuke, let's move." Piper said.
Both sisters took her hands and pulled her up off of the bed, pulling her out of the room in time to see a black haired woman with green eyes throwing a vial at Xavier making him burst into flames.
"Prue, come on. We need to go." Phoebe called.
Prue looked over, saw the girl, then nodded as she ran over to her sisters and they ushered the little girl outside into the night where a black van was.
"All right, we should be safe now." Prue sighed, then looked down at the girl.
"Why did the demons have you?" she asked the girl.
"Prue, be a little more sensitive." Phoebe reprimanded.
"Okay, why don't we get home and then we can figure things out." Piper suggested being the mediator.
Daisuke kept silent as the sisters helped her into the van, Piper and Prue sitting up front as Phoebe sat in the back with the mahogany haired girl, watching her to see if she would act differently now that they were away from the building.
Looking out the windows, Daisuke felt a bit relieved that she was away from the building and that the demons were gone, but she still had to face the harsh realities of her family giving her up.
At least Jun tried to fight for her, so she knew that she could always count on her older sister to help her out.
Soon enough, they made it to a large pink colored manor with colorful windows, Phoebe helping Daisuke walk up the steps as the four females went inside to find a man with blue/green eyes and dark blonde hair was standing there waiting on them.
"Did you beat them?" he asked.
"Yeah, but right now we have bigger things to deal with." Prue said.
"Who's the girl?" the man asked.
"This is Daisuke. The demons had her with them." Piper said.
"Is there any reason why the demons would kidnap a kid?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm not sure. Um, Daisuke, hi. I'm Leo. Can you tell us why the demons captured you?" he asked.
"They didn't. My mom and dad gave me to them." She whispered.
The sisters looked horrified at this while Leo thought about this, unsure of what was happening.
"What? That's horrible. Why did they do that?" Phoebe asked.
"Xavier, one of the demons, said that he met my dad before and they made a deal to give me to the Source if they would leave my family alone. My sister tried to fight to get me back, but my parents didn't even look back as they carried her away and left." Daisuke sniffled.
Phoebe cooed softly as she hugged the girl, feeling like she would cry from the pain in the girl's voice while Prue looked murderous at what her parents had done.
How could they just do that, it was far worse than anything a parent could do.
"The Source? As in the Triad's boss? He wants her? Why would he want a sweet little girl?" Piper asked.
"I'm not sure. She might have some power that the Source wants. I'll go check up there for some answers. For now, call Darryl. Tell him about what's going. You might need his help to find Daisuke's family." Leo said.
"No!" Daisuke yelled sounding angry and terrified.
Everyone looked at her in surprise.
"I can't go back there. No. They just gave me up. They never treated me like I was alive. I don't want to go back to them. They just left me. They didn't want me. I don't want to go back." The girl started to sob and switched to her natural born language.
She kept repeating 'They don't love me!' in Japanese much to the sisters' confusion while Leo looked torn, unsure if he should leave or go speak with his bosses for help on who this girl was especially since he could understand what she was sobbing.
"Don't worry, honey. We won't let them take you back to your parents, but we need to find you a family. We can't just let you be homeless." Prue bent down to look into the girl's eyes.
"So now what should we do?" Piper asked.
"Just take care of her. I'll go check to see why the Source wanted her. Besides, I have feeling that there might be more demons coming." Leo said.
Then to Daisuke's amazement, he transformed into blue and white lights that started to move upwards.
Phoebe wiped away Daisuke's tears, then smiled at the girl.
"Okay, so we might as well tell you about us. My sisters and I are witches, good witches. We help people in trouble just like you were. And Leo, he's our White Lighter also known as our Guardian Angel." She explained.
"But why would the Source want me? What power could I have?" Daisuke asked.
"I don't know, but we're going to find out." Prue swore.
A loud gurgling noise made the sisters smile as they saw the girl blush and duck her head down since it was her stomach that had made the sound, demanding food.
"How about we get some food into you? Come on, let's go." Piper said taking the girl's hand and started leading Daisuke into the kitchen.
Piper went to work in cooking while Daisuke sat there at the counter, watching her with eyes filled with curiosity and an innocence that made the middle sister wonder why someone would want to give up a sweet girl like this.
Soon, the woman was done with the rice, mixed vegetables and pork chops, then walked over to the girl with a plate filled with the food and set it down.
"Here you are sweetie. Enjoy." She said.
"Arigatou, Piper onee-san." The girl chirped as she then picked up her fork and knife.
"Itadakimasu!" she cheered before digging into her meal.
Piper was confused about what the girl had said, but assumed she had thanked her for the meal and then went out to see her sisters.
"Hey, did you find anything on the demons?" she asked when she saw Prue and Phoebe checking the Book of Shadows.
"Nope, not yet. How's Daisuke?" Prue asked looking up.
"Eating and talking more in Japanese. We might need a translator." Piper said as she sat down.
"Maybe we should wait for Leo. Besides, I'm hungry and I want to learn more about that girl." Phoebe said as she got up and went to the kitchen.
Prue stayed where she was as Piper looked at her.
"What?" Prue asked.
"You feel connected to that girl don't you?" Piper asked.
"What makes you ask me that?" the eldest asked.
"Because, she was just abandoned by her parents. You know what that's like better than any of us. You still hate Dad for walking out on us." Piper reminded.
"I just don't want that girl to be hurt. Her family did enough damage. I'm not gonna let some sick demon hurt her next. She's too young and innocent." Prue said as she flipped through the Book furiously.
She then stopped on a page.
"Got it. Demonic Bounty Hunters." She announced as Piper leaned over to read.
Just then, in came two demons that then threw energy balls at them making the two women duck and dive out of the way.
Phoebe and Daisuke ran out of the kitchen to see what the noise was and stopped when they saw the two demons, one of them spotting the two females and threw an energy ball at them.
"Watch out!" Phoebe cried as she threw herself and the girl to the floor to avoid the attack.
Daisuke looked up to see Prue flinging one of the demons across the room while Piper froze an energy ball that nearly hit her and Prue flung it back at the demon, making him explode.
"What do you want with the girl?" Prue demanded.
"The Golden Radiance belongs to the Source." The demon snarled.
The sisters were confused by this, but then the demon started firing more energy balls at them making them duck down.
Daisuke whimpered as she felt a pressure gathering in her head and Phoebe held her close thinking the girl was scared.
Prue got back up and kicked the demon down while Piper ran over to Daisuke and Phoebe levitated up, kicking the demon into the wall when he got back up.
The demon looked over to see the two females left alone, then smirked as he fired off an energy ball at them.
Prue and Phoebe were scared it would hit, but before it could, a golden barrier appeared around Daisuke and pushed the energy ball back at the demon, vanquishing him.
Everyone was silent while Daisuke was still whimpering at the pain in her head, Piper rubbing her back as she held the girl to her chest.
"Well, now we know why they wanted her." Phoebe panted.
"Yeah." Prue sighed as she brushed her bangs back.
(The next day…)
Darryl had come to the manor and talked to the sisters, hearing the story of what had happened and looked at the girl, knowing that he could just tell Foster Care that she was abandoned by her family and there would be no questions asked.
When he saw the girl, she was sleeping in Phoebe's bed, whimpering in pain in her sleep.
"So what do we do now?" Piper asked.
"Well, social services will want to put her in Foster Care for the time being." Darryl informed.
"Really? Can't we just keep her for a few days? I mean, she has powers and the demons are after her. She at least needs to decide if she wants her powers bound so she'll be safe." Phoebe said.
"Look, you guys can keep her until she gets adopted, that's all I can manage to get you. The point is, she's a Japanese immigrant that was abandoned in the city. This is serious." Darryl said.
"What if she chooses to keep her powers? I mean, she just saved us. If she has these powers, then it has to be for a reason. She'll need us in her life to help her. We were meant to save her for a reason." Prue insisted.
Darryl sighed at this knowing that things were going to get complicated yet again when magic came into play with the law.
"Look, the only other way you can help her is if you girls adopt her yourselves." He said.
The three sisters looked at each other, sharing a look as they thought it over and Darryl then walked out the door.
After the door was closed, Leo orbed back into the room.
"Okay, they said that Daisuke Motomiya is the Keeper of the Golden Radiance. She has incredible power that is inside of her, but she can't access it yet. The Source wants her to either raise her evil to help him take over or kill her to steal her powers." He explained.
"We know." Piper said.
"What do you mean you know?" Leo asked.
"Last night we were attacked by demons and when Daisuke and I were almost hit by an energy ball, a golden barrier came up and protected us." Piper explained.
"She's been in pain since then." Phoebe said.
"Then she has awakened her powers or at least part of them. That pain is strange, I don't know why though. She must have been suppressing her powers for years. It's the reason I can think for her to be in pain." Leo said.
"How are we going to talk to her about this?" Piper asked.
Inside of the room, Daisuke moaned as she woke up, the blinds thankfully closed to keep out the harmful rays of the sun that would make her head hurt even worse than it already felt.
She sat up in the bed, looking around as last night's events came flooding back to her and she was unsure of what would happen now.
Throwing her covers off, she walked out of the room and went downstairs to find Piper, Phoebe, Prue and Leo were all in the kitchen eating breakfast, but stopped when they saw Daisuke walk in.
"Hey honey, how ya feeling?" Phoebe asked.
"Like I've been run over by a truck." Daisuke answered.
"That's normal. Some witches feel that way when their powers come in." Leo said, then got slapped by Piper when Daisuke looked up.
"A witch? Is that what I am?" she asked.
"A type of witch." Prue said.
"A very good witch. My bosses have decided to assign me as your White Lighter to help protect you." Leo informed.
Daisuke nodded as she walked over to the table and sat down, taking in the scent of the pancakes, maple syrup and blue berries that were on the table.
"Go on, dig in." Piper insisted.
The girl smiled and filled her plate, then repeated that strange word like she did last night which made Leo smile while the sisters were confused.
"Ita what?" Phoebe asked.
"It's the Japanese's way of saying grace or thank you for this meal." Leo explained.
"Oh. Then what does one-san mean?" Piper asked.
"Usual it's what you would call a big brother or sister. Onee-san is sister really while nii-san is brother, well, big sister and big brother that is. Basically she was just being polite by using a suffix with your name. It's the way the Japanese do things." Leo explained.
Piper bit the side of her lip as she nodded in understanding, then looked over to the Japanese girl to see that Phoebe was brushing her bangs back.
Prue then cleared her throat making everyone look over at her.
"Look, honey I know you've been through so much in only a few days, but we need to talk about something important." She said.
Daisuke groaned and set her utensils down.
"What is it?" she asked.
"It's about your powers. You see, if you don't want to deal with them and having demons coming after you for them, then we'll just give you a potion to take them away." Prue said.
"They can be taken away?" Daisuke asked.
"Yes, but it's up to you. You're choice; none of us will make it for you." Phoebe said pointing at the girl.
"…Can I have time to think about it?" she asked.
"Of course, honey. Take as much time as you need." Phoebe cooed.
"Let's try to think of more positive things now. Darryl, our police friend, said that you could stay with us until you get adopted. We're not sure how long that's going to take though. Is that okay with you?" Piper asked.
"Yeah, I actually really like you guys." Daisuke smiled at them.
This caused Prue, Piper and Leo to smile while Phoebe cooed and pulled the girl into a hug.
"You are just the cutest thing ever." She gushed making the girl blush bashfully.
"Oh, we're gonna need to go shopping to buy you some new clothes. I can take you after we eat. I don't have class until this afternoon." Phoebe said.
"Class?" Daisuke asked.
"Phoebe is re-doing college. She dropped out and is now going back. I own a night club called P3 while Prue works as a photographer." Piper explained.
"You guys can work, go to class and kick demon butt every day?" Daisuke blinked.
"It's the ability to balance out their lives. They manage to get it to work." Leo said.
"What about you? Do all White Lighters spend a lot of time with their…witches?" Daisuke asked.
"Charges. We look after humans who are destined for greatness as well and no. I spend more time with the sisters because…Piper and I are planning on getting married." Leo explained.
"That's great." Daisuke chirped excitedly.
"But it's against the rules for White Lighters to date their Charges. Our mom had an affair with her White Lighter once too." Phoebe added in.
"So Piper and Leo are on a probationary period to see if they can still have a relationship while saving the day. If they can manage that, then they can get married." Prue explained.
"Well, that sucks." Daisuke commented.
"Yeah, it really does." Piper sighed brushing her long hair back.
"All right, I'd love to stay and continue this, but I have work. See ya later." Prue said quickly gathering her bags and started heading for the door.
"Bye!" the sisters called.
"I've gotta go check on one of my other Charges. I'll see you all later. If you need me, just yell." Leo said then orbed out.
After he was gone, everyone went back to eating, though Phoebe seemed more interested in playing with Daisuke's pretty mahogany hair.
To be continued…