Disclaimer: This is my first story, please no flames. Okay, I don't own any of the characters I am simply playing with them for awhile. No monetary gain is being made on anyone's part due to my writing. Oh yeah, before I forget. I promise to put them back when I am done, in better condition then how I got them.
When you move around as much as the Halliwell sisters did it was hard to make friends outside of each other. The youngest, Bella, found it the hardest. It became even more difficult after the attack that resulted in her grandmother's murder and the subsequent damage that was done to her vocal cords. She was now almost entirely mute, which meant her ability to communicate with others was limited to telepathy with her family and sign language with the others around her. For the past hundred and some odd years or so, life had been pretty much the same. They would move to a new city and their oldest sister Prue would pose as a 25 year old who had custody of her younger sisters. Piper would start at 22 and be in her first year out of college. Phoebe would be 20 and still finishing college. Paige would be a senior in high school at 18 and Bella would be a 17 year old junior. All in all they kept to themselves for the most part and could stay in a town for up to 20 years but that had yet to occur, they typically moved about every 5 years. In the last 75 or so years they added 2 more to their numbers. Piper had found her soul mate in Leo and Phoebe found hers in Coop.
This recent move was brought about by directions from the Elders. They were leaving a small town in southern California and relocating to the even smaller town of Forks, Washington. For the past month the Halliwell sister and the two males in the family had been making preparations for the relocation. Leo had gotten a job at the local hospital as a doctor in the Emergency Room. Prue was doing her freelance photography, Piper was continuing her catering business, this time with a restaurant and Phoebe was going to be running a small martial arts studio. Coop decided that this time around he would work as a handy man. Paige and Bella had registered for school and gotten everything taken care of for Bella's special needs. Besides setting things up for their social life Bella had been joining her two brother-in-laws in almost daily trips to their new home. They had done a lot of work to help keep their family safe. The house was large but considering they were a family of seven adults it fit just right. One of the first things they did was set up warning and protection spells around the immediate property and then again around the house. Next they went about reinforcing the windows and doors of the lower level. After that they went about pretty much gutting the house and finishing it to their liking. The kitchen was expanded and completed to Piper's specifications. A dark room was built off the main entrance for Prue. The large garage was updated so that the family could do their own vehicle maintenance and the small pull barn off the other side of the house was converted into a gymnastics and martial arts studio for Phoebe and Bella. To finish off the upstairs they added 4 more bathrooms and extensive sound proofing between the rooms. The only other two things that had to be done was to get their greenhouse set up and finish all the wards and protection spells around the property and in the house itself.
They finally finished everything less than two days before the start of school. Leo made sure that everything was ready and then orbed himself and Bella into Piper's Jeep. Coop transported himself into the families SUV that Phoebe was driving. Following the two family vehicles was Prue and Paige in the large rented U-hauls.
When they finally arrived at their home in Forks it was already dark, which was fine with them. This way they could back the vehicles into the garage and get moved in with magic without having to worry about someone seeing them, even though their house was off of a small dirt road on the outskirts of town with only one other driveway on it they still where very cautious about when and how they used it. They never used it for personal gain and followed the rule of three to a 'T', never using their gifts for personal gain or against humans unless it was to save them or to protect themselves.
"Hey guys, I'm going to head to bed. After the past few weeks I'm exhausted. Oh, I plan on being up early tomorrow and riding for a bit and working out. So if you get up and can't find me that's where I am."
"Okay Bella. Sleep well. And don't worry about setting stuff up tomorrow, we'll handle it." said Piper as she gave her baby sister a hug. After she released her from the embrace the rest of the family gave the youngest Halliwell sister a hug and kiss goodnight. It was a typical routine. The sisters were very protective of their baby sister. They all felt guilty about what happen to Bella. She was the only one still living with Grams when they were attacked. The older sisters had all moved out and were pursuing their own lives. Even though Bella tells them she does not hold any grudges or place any blame on them they still subconsciously are very over-protective of her. That protectiveness was the reason that Paige started as a senior in high school instead of in her first year of college.
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