Charmed Life after the final battle
Chapter one
June
Piper Halliwell woke up to find herself lying in hot sand. After looking directly at the bright sun for a split second she turned onto her side slightly blinded, and seconds later when her vison returned she was facing nothing but sand. Confusion was immediately replaced by panic, as she got on her feet and looked around. All around her was sand, no people no trees, just sand. Piper had no memory of traveling here, her last memory was climbing into bed in her room at the manner after putting her sons Wyatt and Chris to bed.
Her first thought was her boys, where they alright?
"Leo" Piper shouted to the bright sky
In a wave of beautiful light blue light, Piper's husband Leo orbed to her. His face was full of confusion as he looked at his wife in the middle of the desert.
"What are you doing here" Leo curiously asked her.
"I don't know" Piper answered
"Well who brought you here" Leo asked trying to get all the information.
"I don't know that either" Piper repeated.
Leo realized he wouldn't get any answers this way so he took Piper's hand and orbed them both to their bedroom inside the manner. When they arrived they both sat on the edge of their bed equally confused. Suddenly Piper jumped up and raced out of her room and ran down the hall where she stopped in front of her son Wyatt's room.
She calmed herself down just enough to quietly open the door. She stood in the door way and was relived to find Wyatt fast asleep in his bed. Piper then crossed the hall and opened the door leading to Chris's room. Standing in the door way Piper completely calmed down when she found that Chris was also fast asleep. Piper felt a hand touch her shoulder and quickly turned around and found herself in Leo's arms.
Piper put her arms around Leo and felt his warmth and knew she was ok, that they were all ok.
"The last thing I remember is climbing into bed last night after tucking in the boys" Piper explained still in Leo's arms.
"Hi mommy you're home" a young familiar voice said behind them.
Piper and Leo turned around and faced three year Wyatt. Piper smiled at him before she realized, how did Wyatt know she hadn't been home.
"Wyatt honey, do you know who sent mommy to the desert" Piper asked the toddler.
"Yes I do, I did" Wyatt informed his parents.
Pipers smile left her face and was replaced by the look a child gets from his mother when he's done something wrong. Wyatt sensed he was in trouble and raced back to his room, shutting the door behind him. Piper was about to enter Wyatt's room but Leo tugged on her arm to stop her.
"You know that if you go in there to discipline him, he'll just orb out" Leo reminded her.
Piper let go of her hold on the door knob. Instead of going in his room, Piper listened to Leo and from behind the door she informed Wyatt that's he's grounded. Piper then went downstairs feeling annoyed. Leo followed and joined her in the kitchen, where she was already making coffee. As the Coffee brew, Piper starred at a picture of her older sister Prue. Even after all these years, Piper still missed her like crazy.
The coffee machine beeped to inform her it was finished, so Piper wiped a tear off her face with her sleeve and retrieved two cups from the cabinet. As she poured the coffee into the cups she tried to forget the pain of losing her sister to a demon, but still felt it deep inside her. She could only think of how she wished Prue could see how great her life is and that she could meet Wyatt and Chris.
Leo walked over to her and stopped her hand from continuing to pour the coffee all over the counter. Piper looked up at her husband with a confused look and followed his eyes to the counter, where the coffee was now dripping onto to the floor. When Piper pulled a dish towel out of a cabinet drawer, Leo took it from her shaking hands.
"I'll clean this up and make more coffee, and get breakfast ready, why don't you go get the boys" Leo offered.
Piper nodded and left the kitchen and went back upstairs, feeling ashamed, sad, and stupid. Piper knocked on Wyatt's door and told him to come downstairs and that he wasn't in trouble for changing the location of her bedroom. Piper then woke up Chris and carried the one and half year old year old to the kitchen.
Piper re-entered the kitchen and placed Chris in his high chair at the table, Wyatt sat himself down on the chair beside Chris. Piper sat down in the chair Prue had always sat in as Leo finished wiping the counter and poured the ready coffee into the cups. Leo than poured apple juice into two blue plastic cups and covered two pieces of toast with peanut butter. After Leo served the apple juice and toast to the boys, he put four more slices of bread in the toaster.
Once these slices of toast were covered in strawberry jam, Leo joined the family at the table and handed Piper her plate of toast and cup of coffee. The family ate in silence, the only noise was the telephone. Piper got up and answered it.
"Hello, this is Piper"
"Hi Piper it's Darryl, how you holding up?"
"I've been alright, my sisters are fine but the battle caused memories of past deaths to come find me"
"Well if you're up for it, my wife is having a BBQ tonight and You, Leo and the boys are invited"
"Sure we have no plans, it'll be good to get out of house and be with some friends, are my sister's invited too?"
"Of course, so I'll see you here tonight at 5?"
"Yeah see you then bye"
Piper hung up the phone and informed Leo the family was going to Darryl's that night. She also informed him that she had to work in five minutes. After Piper kissed Leo and the boys she went to her room to get ready for work. This meant Leo got to spend a few hours of quality time with the boys.
After Piper left the manner, Leo put the used empty plates and cups into the sink, and brought the boys upstairs to dress them. After dressing Wyatt in a Blue and black striped T- shirt and brown shorts, and dressing Chris in a green t-shirt with a brown teddy bear design and black shorts, Leo dressed himself. Leo then decided to bring the boys to the park, but instead of orbing them there, they walked there like a normal family.
A normal life is what Piper had always wanted. Now that the ultimate battle was over, Leo and Piper retired from being a white lighter/chosen one, and having as normal lives as possible. This was hard since Wyatt and Chris were both half white lighter, half witch and were twice blessed children, and that Wyatt is King Author, which Piper has made the rule of not allowing it until Wyatt turns 18. It's not a magic free life but it is a demon free life, and that was good enough for Piper.
Meanwhile Paige Mathews, Piper's younger half-sister, decided against a normal life. She was also half white lighter and half witch. However right now Paige was not about to save one of her charges, she's about to receive a new case. After a while Paige went back to her dream of being a social worker, when she's busy Leo takes over for her, and she was sitting at her desk in her office when her boss knocked on the open door.
"Come in Mr. Warren" Paige invited in her boss
"I have a new case for you Paige" Mr. Warren informed her
Mr. Warren handed Paige a folder he had been holding that contained the information on Paige's new case. Paige opened the folder and read the first of two sheets. It was a troubled child case.
"Her name's Emma, she's 10 years old, she has trouble with kids her age, and hides in her room a lot, her parents are worried about her." Mr. Warren Explained.
"Ok I'm on it, I'll call her parents and set up a meeting right now" Paige said
Mr. Warren nodded and closed the office door when he left. Paige picked up the office phone and dialed the number listed on the sheet. A women answered by saying hello.
"Hi is This Mrs. Benson?"
"Yes"
"Hi Mrs. Benson, this is Paige Mathews, I'm a social worker and I have the information you sent me about your daughter Emma"
"Oh thank the lord, my husband and I have been so worried about her"
"I'm calling to arrange a meeting with you, you're husband and Emma"
"Ok hold on dear, that will be Emma's decision, let me get her"
"Hello?"
"Hi Emma, my name is Paige Mathews, I'm a social worker, and I would like to meet you if that's ok"
"Well ok I guess"
"Great, when would it be a good time for you?"
"How about tomorrow at four"
"Ok that's fine, would you like to come to my office or would like me to come to your house"
"My house"
"Ok I'll see you tomorrow at four at your house, I can't wait to meet you"
Paige hung up the phone and placed it back on the receiver. She then called out "Leo." Leo orbed to her with the boys.
"What is it Paige"
"I have a meeting tomorrow at four, I need you to cover for me"
"Ok sure no problem, see you tonight at BBQ"
Without another word, Leo orbed himself and the boys back to the manner.
Meanwhile Piper's younger sister Phoebe and her boyfriend coop were at their house celebrating the news they had just received from the elders saying they are allowed to get married. They had wedding magazines scattered all over their bed filled with beautiful wedding dresses and rings. They were sitting on the floor beside their bed holding two more magazines.
"Alright so when should we set the date for the wedding" Phoebe asked her fiancé
"How about in November, It's soon but far enough away to plan everything
"Really we can plan the perfect wedding in five months?"
"Sure why not, no one from my family is coming, they don't approve remember
"Right, Well I want to have grams and mom there, and Prue if I can, my sisters of course, and the boys, Darryl's been friendly lately after we agreed on the no involving him with magic unless it's an emergency, so he and his family are invited, and my boss Elise, 'll have to make a list"
"And I know, you'll kill me if Wyatt and Chris are not ring bears, so they have the part"
Phoebe gave him a big smile as she imagined her two little nephews walking down the aisle as rings bears. Henry leaned in and kissed Phoebe and put his hand on hers.
Hours later, the sisters, guys and kids arrived at Darryl's house. They were about to knock on the door, When Darryl's wife Sheila came up to them from the backyard. She informed them that the party was in the backyard and beckoned them in. Before they entered Darryl showed up and block their way.
"I just wanted to make sure, were still clear on our deal?" Darryl said
"Very clear, we can be friends as long as we leave you and your family out of magic unless it's an emergency" Piper replied.
Darryl nodded and stepped aside to allow them entrance to the back yard. They all entered and made their way to the pick nick table where Sheila was sitting, while the boys run up to Darryl's sons Mikey and Darryl Junior.
"It's nice to see you out of the house, how are you" Sheila whispered to Piper
"I fine, just living life as normal as I can" Piper remarked
"We're getting married, in November, you're invited of course your whole family is" Phoebe announced.
"Congratulations guys, we'll be there" Darryl said.
They were happy to be friends with Darryl again, not for magic reasons just for friend reasons. They had always been friends with Sheila, but Darryl got scared of magic after almost be killed, so he turned on them for a while.
After an hour of chatting, Darryl began cooking the meal. Shortly after, the guest sat down and enjoyed hot dogs, hamburgers and Pepsi. After two more hours of fun it was time to head home, Wyatt was getting tired and cranky and when he does he had a habit of orbing into his bed. Not something that would happen at a magic free BBQ.