Chapter 1
January (New powers)
On the freezing last day of December, Prue Halliwell and her husband Andy were taking care of their almost nine month old daughter Payton.
"Honey, can you pass me Payton's dress and nylons" Prue asked nicely.
Andy retrieved the clothes Prue had laid out on their dresser the night before, and handed them to Prue. Prue dressed her daughter then held her up in the air. Payton looked down at her mom and gave her a huge smile. Prue smiled at her in return and gave her a big warm hug.
Meanwhile in the living room, Prue's younger sister Piper Halliwell was putting up New Year's Eve decorations with her husband Leo. Like every year, the Halliwell's were having a New Year's Eve party with family and friends. Suddenly Piper and Leo's seven year old son Wyatt, his six year old brother Chris, and their three year old sister Melinda, came running into the living room and knocked a bunch of decorations down in the process.
"Ok kids, mommy and daddy have to decorate, so if you want to play like that, take it outside" Leo told his children.
"Ok good citizen, you heard him partners, to the back yard" Wyatt ordered sounding like a cowboy super hero.
Meanwhile Prue and Piper's younger sister Phoebe Halliwell and her husband Coop, were in the middle of a situation. Their three year old daughter P.J. had beamed her one year old sister Parker out of the manor.
"Come on P.J., can you please tell us where Parker is" Coop pleaded with his daughter.
"No" P.J. stubbornly refused.
"Ok let me try" Phoebe stated.
"Prue Johnna Halliwell, you beam your sister back here right now!" Phoebe ordered in her stern mother voice.
"No" P.J. said again as the phone rang.
"Hello, this is Phoebe" Phoebe said over the phone.
"Hi honey, it's dad, I'm calling because Parker is in my hotel room" Victor, Prue Piper and Phoebe's father said.
"Oh thank god, P.J. beamed her out" Phoebe explained.
"Probably just sibling rivalry, since she's here I don't mind keeping her until the party, it will give us some bonding time" Victor said.
"Alright sure, have fun, I'll have Coop beam her some food and stuff" Phoebe said and hung up.
Phoebe informed her husband, who beamed some food, bottles, toys and diapers to Victor for Parker. Meanwhile Prue, Piper and Phoebe's youngest half-sister Paige and her husband Henry, were having the usual problems with their three year old twin daughters Tamora and Kat.
"Tamora don't you dare colour on the wall" Paige sternly warned her daughter.
"No, no, no" Henry said as he scooped up Kat in his arms before she could touch the easily breakable lamp.
"Tamora, did you colour on your brother's arm" Paige asked holding two year old Henry Jr.'s arm.
"No I would never do that" Tamora lied.
"Oh really, Henry who coloured on your arm" Paige asked her son.
"Tammy" Henry Jr. replied.
"Stop calling me Tammy" Tamora snapped as she dramatically waved her arms in the air and stomped out of the room.
Paige decided to let it go, and washed her son's arm in the bathroom sink. At five Victor arrived with Parker.
"Hey dad, I believe you have something of mine," Phoebe said holding out her arms.
"Right here you go" Victor said handing Phoebe her coat she had left at his house, as a joke.
"Very funny, but thanks" Phoebe said as she took parker out of his arms and then took her coat from him.
In the living room someone orbed in, in a wave of light blue light. Paige who was reading her children a book, looked up, it was her father Sam.
"Dad you made it" Paige said to Sam.
"Mommy whose that" Kat asked.
"That's your grandpa" Paige told her.
"Oh yeah, I forgot" Kat admitted.
"That's alright, can I have a hug" Sam asked his grandchildren.
The twins and little Henry ran up to Sam and happily hugged him. Paige joined in on the hug, it was nice to have him around. It had been a while since his last visit.
"I'm sorry I missed Christmas, I was in Paris with an emergency, and I got you all something" Sam said.
Sam reached into his pocket and pulled out four sculptures of the Eiffel tower. Paige the twins and Henry took them and hugged Sam as a thank you. Paige orbed the sculptures to her or her children's rooms. A while later, the families close friends Billie, Darryl, his wife Sheila and their sons Mikey and Darryl Junior arrived.
"You're just in time for supper, come have a seat" Piper told them.
"Sorry we're late, had a problem down at the station" Darryl explained.
"My car broke down outside the station, so Darryl gave me a ride here" Billie explained.
Piper led her guests to the table. Once everyone was seated, Piper remained standing and made the traditional toast.
"We are gathered here tonight with family and friends to celebrate the New Year. Let us hope this year will be good for all of us. Our children will continue to grow and learn. Let us make the best of the year 2011. To 2011" Piper stated and lifted up her glass.
"Too 2011" Everyone else repeated.
"Thank you Piper. This year my challenge for us all, is to gather up everything we no longer want or need and give it to those who are in need" Phoebe declared.
A few hours went by and it was time for the count down.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Happy new year's" Everyone shouted and children threw balloons up in the air.
A few days later, Paige went to check on the twins who were going through their things and deciding to give them up or keep them. Paige got an unexpected surprise when she reached the twins room.
"Pink teddy bear" Kat said and waved her hand towards the donate pile.
At her command the pink teddy bear orbed out of Kat's hand and into the donate pile. Paige was shocked, the twins didn't have orbing powers as far as she knew.
"Kat, did you just orb that teddy bear into the pile" Paige asked.
"Yes I did" Kat replied.
"How long have you been able to orb" Paige asked.
"It's my first day" Kat answered.
"Tamora, can you orb to" Paige asked.
Tamora nodded and orbed out of the room and walked back in through the door.
"Is this your first day too" Paige asked.
Tamora nodded and Henry came in.
"Did I just see Tamora orb into the hallway" Henry asked.
"Yes, Kat can orb to, well remote orb anyways" Paige told him.
"Well I guess they got orbing powers from you, after all you are part white lighter" Henry stated.
"You're right, well continue with your sorting girls" Paige said and left the room with Henry.
Two days later, Melinda was looking at a book when Wyatt came into the living room.
"Mom Chris and I are playing hide and seek, did he come back inside" Wyatt asked.
"No honey sorry" Piper answered.
"He's in the treehouse" Melinda informed her brother.
Wyatt orbed out of the manor then orbed back in.
"You're right he was in the treehouse" Wyatt told Melinda.
"How did you know" Piper curiously asked.
"I saw him in my brain" Melinda replied.
"That's what Chris said when he got his power of sensing. Hey Wyatt I want you to orb to anywhere you want" Piper instructed Wyatt.
Wyatt nodded and orbed out of the manor without telling where he was going.
"Ok Melinda, where is Wyatt" Piper asked.
"He's in the park" Melinda responded.
"Ok orb him back here" Piper instructed.
"Wyatt" Melinda said, at her command Wyatt orbed back into the living room.
"Ok Wyatt where did you go" Piper asked.
"The park" Wyatt responded.
"Look at that, Melinda you just got a new power, you have the power of sensing" Piper told Melinda who looked happy about it.
That night everyone was in the living room watching TV. The power then went out due to a storm. Suddenly in the pitch black darkness, six balls of light floated into the air, giving them enough light to see the whole living room.
"Who did that" Coop asked.
"I did" Chris said.
"Chris you did that" Leo asked.
"Yes daddy" Chris clarified.
"You have a new power Chris" Paige informed him.
"What is it" Chris happily asked.
"It's called Photokinesis, it's the power to create light" Leo explained.
"Wow cool" Chris stated.
"So the twins can now orb, Melinda has the power of sensing, and Chris has the power of Photokinesis. I wonder if the other children will get new powers too" Andy stated.
A week later, Coop was playing a game of tic tack toe with P.J. Suddenly P.J. gasped and saw the tic tac toe game completed. This lasted a few seconds and Coop knew what had just happened, he had seen Phoebe do it enough times. P.J. had just had a premonition.
"What did you see" Coop asked his daughter.
"The tic tack toe game, but it was finished" P.J. told him.
"Show me where all the x's and o's were" Coop instructed.
P.J. looked down at their tick tack toe game and pointed to where the x's and the o's where in her premonition. Some had already been placed. Coop put the game away and called Phoebe to let her know P.J. had the power of premonition. After the phone call, Coop realized he hadn't told P.J. she had a new power.
"P.J. when you saw the game finished, you were having a premonition, it's when you see things that have happened or will happen, do you understand" Coop told her.
"Yes, but is this a power or is it normal" P.J. asked.
"A power, your mommy has it too" Coop informed her.
None of the other children got new powers though. Also at the end of the month, Piper and Prue brought the boxes of stuff they were donating to the Salvation Army. It felt good helping those who needed it.