Explanation : Piper's children : Wyatt and Chris
Phoebe's children : Prue, Patience and Peyton
Paige's children : Pride and Preston
Age order from oldest to youngest : Wyatt, Chris, Prue and Patience, Pride and Preston, Peyton. (Prue/Patience and Pride/Preston twins.)
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"Peyton. Christopher. Wyatt. Are you three ready for your lessons today?" their Whitelighter asked as the three turned to him from the couch in Peyton's room with raised eyebrows. They looked at each other, telepathically telling each other to talk first before Peyton, annoyed with the argument, finally spoke.
"Well, Mark-o, I've got to say that while I may be ready, I might not be willing." Peyton replied causing her cousins to crack a smile.
"Well, Peyton, whether you are willing or not, you're going to go because I've gotten promises from both your mothers' that you three will behave when we go up there to 'Elder Land' or whatever you kids call it these days." Mark, the Whitelighter, said as he looked at the Halliwell kids expectantly.
"Mark, you see, there's something that doesn't sit right with us, you know? While our mom's may have given you our promise to behave, we have not. Therefore, your contract between you and our mothers are null and void since it, in fact, does not include the persons involved. If you want our promises to behave then we expect you to come to US for a promise and not our parents because to us going behind our backs and straight to our parents is a weak and cowardly thing to do. Capisce?" Wyatt asked as he stood up and cross his arms in front of his chest defensively in front of Mark.
"I agree with my brother, Mark. Ask us. No, wait, beg us." Chris said with a smirk causing Peyton to laugh slightly.
"Oh, yes, you three are so funny. All three of you and your smartass personalities. And Chris, no, I'm not going to beg you three to behave because I'm going to expect it. We are going to go up and I expect you three to not embarrass me in front of the Elders today. If you guys don't behave, I'll just take matters straight to your parents. Then we'll see how cocky you all are." Mark said sternly as he suddenly blew up and re-formed in front of them. "Okay, who did that?" Mark asked, starting to turn red.
Peyton, Chris and Wyatt immediately pointed at each other in a triangle causing Mark to glare at them once more. "Fine, it was me. But, hey, can you blame me? I'm PMS-ing." Peyton said with a shrug as Chris and Wyatt tried hard to hold back their laughter but failed miserably.
When Coop flashed in unexpectedly, Peyton, Chris and Wyatt turned to look at him confused. "Oh, hey, Peyton, do you know where your mom and sisters are? I promised your sisters I'd spend an entire day with them and that's what I'm going to do." Coop said.
"I understand wanting to know where Prue and Patience are since they are your daughters but why do you want to know where Mom is? What does that have to do with your spending the day with my big sisters?" Peyton asked with a raised eyebrow as Coop blushed a little. "Okay, never mind, don't answer. I doubt I'd want to know why anyway. Well, Prue and Patience are getting ready in their rooms and Mom is hanging out with Auntie Piper and Auntie Paige." Peyton replied as Coop muttered a quick thanks and left the room relatively quickly.
"I think you embarrassed him, dear cousin of mine." Chris said in a mock surprised tone causing the youngest Halliwell to grin at him.
"Okay, enough of this. I'm giving you guys 5 minutes to get ready and we're leaving for 'Elder Land' or we're going to have problems, understand?" Mark asked sternly as the Halliwell kids nodded nonchalantly infuriating Mark more.
"Hey Mark, I still don't understand why my cousins besides Peyton don't have you as their Whitelighter, too. I mean, they get Kevin! They get a cooler Whitelighter than us and Kevin doesn't make them train 'Up There' all the time. Why don't you give us a break, huh?" Wyatt asked as Mark grit his teeth.
"You three are the most powerful magical beings next to the joined forces of the Power of Three. Do you understand? This means your powers will be harder to control which means that you'll need more practice to control them. I swear if you keep with this, I will go to your mothers' and all three of you will get in some deep trouble. Do not test me. Just because you guys are the most powerful magical beings right now doesn't mean you can disrespect me!" Mark exclaimed exasperatedly.
"You know, when you say that in sort of a whining tone it really lowers our respect for you. You do know that right, Mark?" Chris asked as Mark made a growling sound then orbed out, most likely to 'tell on them'.
"Where do your reckon our Whitelighter went?" Peyton asked even though she knew where he was going.
"Come on, we can't let Mark lie to Mom and Aunt Phoebe. We weren't even being as hard on him as we were on our last Whitelighter. I don't understand why he's making such a big deal out of this. I mean, come on, we're Halliwell's, you can't expect us to do anything we don't want willingly." Wyatt said as he orbed out, his brother and cousin quickly following his trail.
When Wyatt, Chris and Peyton got there, they saw Mark talking to their Uncle Henry while their Uncle Henry kept nodding his head. "Peyton. Chris. Wyatt. Didn't your moms tell you guys to behave for your new Whitelighter? What would they say if you kept giving Mark a hard time?" Henry scolded as the three shrugged.
"Well, I think Mom would just talk about how Mark couldn't hold out as long as the last Whitelighter." Chris replied.
"That's not the point, kids. You guys can't keep picking on your Whitelighter because, um, they might run out of Whitelighters for you guys to have." Henry said, not even sure about his last statement.
Wyatt, Chris and Peyton started laughing at Henry when they heard their statement. "Oh, yeah, they sure will run out of Whitelighters. We've gone through about, how many? Maybe 5 or 6 and there are like thousands of Whitelighters combined. Sure, Uncle Henry, sure we'll run out of Whitelighters." Peyton said in a slow mocking drawl as the Charmed Ones came into the living room holding potions.
"Will you three stop picking on my husband, please?" Paige scolded playfully as she wrapped her arms around Henry's waist.
"But Aunt Paige, it was funny. He asked if we were going to run out of Whitelighters." Wyatt replied causing the Charmed Ones to snort but they quickly stopped when they noticed the look that Henry gave them.
"Hey, this isn't funny. Just because I'm not magical and didn't grow up knowing this stuff doesn't mean you can laugh at my expense. And you kids," Henry said turning to the children but before he could say another word, he suddenly stopped moving. Paige looked at him strangely and waved her hand in front of Henry, not even getting a response then turned to her nephews and nieces with a reprimanding glare.
"Unfreeze him now, Peyton." Paige said sternly as Peyton turned to her incredibly.
"How'd you know it was me? They can freeze too!" Peyton said, gesturing to her elder aunt and her eldest cousins.
"But they wouldn't freeze Henry in the middle of a lecture, would they? You're the only one that would freeze him when he's ranting. Wyatt and Chris usually waits until he's finished with his lecture or rant or whatever than spend the rest of the day picking on him. I remember the first time you froze him out of annoyance was when you were 2... and you could barely understand what he was saying then!" Paige exclaimed.
"I guess his voice just annoys me." Peyton shrugged. "Anyway, Mom, Uncle Coop was looking for you earlier today. But I guess I embarrassed him sorta in front of Mark, Wyatt and Chris so he just got Prue and Patience and left." Peyton said.
"You what?" Phoebe asked though she heard what her youngest daughter did, clearly.
"Well, I..." Peyton started and when Mark tried to interrupt her, she flicked her wrist impatiently and blew him up again. When she saw the incredulous looks she was getting from her aunts and her now unfrozen uncle, she explained. "Mark's been annoying all day. He keeps trying to get us to go 'Up There' to train our powers. It's not like we can't handle the frickin' things. We grew up with them! We know how to control our powers very well, right Wyatt? Chris?" Peyton asked turning to her cousins for support, who promptly nodded with serious looks on their faces.
"'Up There'?" Henry asked confused as Wyatt, Chris and Peyton started laughing again but quickly quieted when their mother's gave them the 'Mother Glare'. But the adults heard Peyton mutter 'He's been around magic longer than I've been alive and he doesn't know what 'Up There' is'.
"Peyton, why did Mark have to come all the way here complaining about your behavior? Haven't I had this conversation with you before? You too, Wyatt, Chris. Me and Piper have talked to you three about behaving for your Whitelighter." Phoebe scolded as the three Halliwell children found a sudden interest in their shoes.
"Wyatt... Chris..." Piper said warningly as the two older boys turned to their mother with annoyed expressions.
"Mom, you can't really blame us 'cause Mark is really boring. You should see what the guy does on his free time! I mean, who in their right mind thinks that running errands for the Elders is fun? Mark would probably lick a stain from the floor if the Elders told him to. The guy is such a suck-up! The last time we went 'Up There' to train we were making fun of the Elders and he got pissed off." Chris said as he rolled his eyes.
"Watch your language, young man." Piper reprimanded and Chris said a quick apology. "Okay, I've had enough of you three scaring off your Whitelighters. You will stop giving Mark such a hard time and you three are going to behave for Mark when you go 'Up There'. Understood?" Piper asked sternly as the three Halliwell children quickly nodded. "Good. Now get going. I bet you three have got quite some training to do." Piper said as Wyatt, Chris, Mark orbed up and Peyton shimmered up.
"SO! What are we doing today?" Peyton asked particularly loudly causing many Whitelighters and a few Elders to jump slightly and look at her.
"We're going into the Dream Room to practice your powers and could you keep your voice down? The Elders told me to keep the noise level down this time when I bring you guys up. The Elders and the other Whitelighters aren't used to children running around up here to they're not used to loud sounds." Mark whispered with a slightly annoyed tone.
"Hey, I'm not a child! I'm almost old enough to drive!" Peyton immediately protested as her eldest cousins smirked at her.
"Just come!" Mark said grumpily as he orbed out. Peyton, Wyatt and Chris quickly followed him and they ended up in a room made of clouds. "Okay, I only want you three using Telekinesis, Molecular Combustion and Levitation. Any other powers that you use will be considered defiance and will result in a conference with your parents." Mark said as Wyatt waved a finger and Mark flew through a cloud and orbed back in with an annoyed face. "I didn't say you could start yet, Wyatt Halliwell." Mark said as Wyatt shrugged and gave him a half-hearted apologetic smile.
"So you say we can only use TK, blowing things up and Levitation?" Peyton asked with her mischievous grin. When Mark nodded Peyton aimed her hands down and blew up the cloud she was sitting on and started falling then she immediately shimmered away. Wyatt and Chris looked at each other before copying Peyton and re-materializing in the Halliwell Manor where Peyton had already gotten comfortable on the couch.
A couple moments later, after Wyatt, Chris and Peyton had gotten comfortable, Pride and Preston orbed in with smiles on their faces. "Why do you two look so happy?" Chris asked rolling his eyes as Pride and Preston plopped themselves onto the vacant couch in the living room.
"Kevin took us demon hunting and taught us how to use telepathy to blow up the demons brains." Pride said, his grin growing wider as Wyatt, Chris and Peyton looked at him incredulously.
"Are you kidding me? While we were up there getting lectured by Mr. Stick-Up-His-Ass, you two got to go to the Underworld with your Whitelighter and learned how to blow up demon brains. This is so unfair. Mark always threatens to tell Mom and Aunt Piper on us so we have such a small chance on scaring him away. I mean, George probably lasted about a week and a half and Mark's been here for a month. Though David did last about a month and a half before we eventually scared him away. How do you suppose we go about scaring Mark away?" Peyton asked, aiming her question towards her cousins since they shared the same Whitelighter.
"This is a very delicate situation. We must subtly scare the Whitelighter away." Chris said seriously as he sat up, Wyatt copying his actions.
"So what you're saying is that we can't let Mark know that we're trying to scare him away?" Wyatt asked, liking how his little brother was thinking.
"That's exactly what I'm saying. Give me a couple days and I can probably think up a way to get rid of that annoying Whitelighter. Too bad our first Whitelighter got killed by a darklighter, I liked him the most. He actually gave us breaks from training." Chris said lying back on the couch.
"Breaks?" Peyton asked with a laugh. "He only took us 'Up There' for training like once every 3 weeks."
"Which is exactly why I liked him." Chris replied with a grin. "All of the Whitelighters after him were so uptight especially Mark. Do you guys remember the story about Natalie?" Chris asked as the others nodded. "Mark is exactly like that except I doubt he's going to sacrifice himself for 'the Greater Good' or whatever crap the Elders are using nowadays. There must be something seriously wrong with the dude. He won't take a hint that we absolutely hate him and will go to great lengths just to get him removed from our account or whatever it is." Chris said with a dramatic sigh.
Right after Chris sighed someone teleported in and the 5 Halliwell children turned, expecting to see Coop, Prue, Patience or Mark but what they saw was a tall man with curly dark hair and blue eyes that Peyton familiarized with but couldn't quite place her finger on. "Do any of you know where Phoebe Halliwell is?" the tall man asked.
"Why do you want to know? Who are you?" Wyatt asked suspiciously as he instinctively stood in front of his baby brother and baby cousin.
"Uhh... my name is Cole. Cole Turner," the man replied quickly.