Okay, people – last year I tried my hand at a Charmed story, and I got bored, so hopefully this year will be better! I know it's kind of long, but once I get through all the background information, the chapters should be easier to read. Here we go!
Pearl Halliwell walked through the door of the old manor.
"Wyatt! Chris! Your favorite cousin is home!"
"We're in the kitchen," yelled Chris.
Pearl went to see what her first cousins were doing. Chris was sitting at the table, flipping through the Book of Shadows. Wyatt was standing by the counter, apparently waiting for a potion to finish boiling.
Pearl looked at Chris.
"You know, we really should keep that in the attic. If you keep looking at it down here, Wyatt might spill something on it."
Wyatt laughed.
"Real funny, Pearl. You know, you're more likely to spill something on the Book than either of us. Anyway, it's easier to use it down here because – well, I'm sure Chris has his reasons."
"Because I don't feel like lugging it back and forth between the old dusty attic and the nice clean kitchen – where the potions are made," piped up Chris. "Anyway, how was school?"
"Horrible, as usual," replied Pearl. "I swear, if I could just use a little magic to get some decent grades –"
"No! Personal gain, remember?" shouted Chris.
"Chill out, man – she was just kidding!" said Wyatt sternly. "Sheesh!"
I'm gonna go do homework in my room," said Pearl.
Once she was in her bedroom, Pearl threw her backpack onto the floor and shut the door behind her. This was routine for her – she came home, secretly practiced magic so Chris and Wyatt wouldn't yell at her for not doing homework, and then went downstairs for dinner.
Pearl opened her closet, where she hid a tiny cauldron, some herbs, a few candles, and a mirror. She began mixing herbs in the cauldron, and lit the candles to summon demons – that was her favorite thing to do. She then checked out her make-up in the mirror – she had to look intimidating to those demons, didn't she?
Before she started her summoning, she started daydreaming. This room was my mother's, she thought. This was Phoebe's room.
Phoebe Halliwell had given birth to a beautiful baby girl – Pearl – later in life. By the time Pearl had reached her sixteenth birthday (which happened to be yesterday), Chris and Wyatt were already grown. Wyatt had gotten a job as an investigative detective at the Police Station, and Chris ran the Magic School. Pearl had always felt kind of left out, since she was so young – she was still in high school, just starting her Junior year!
However, she always gained comfort in the fact that she was second-strongest, next to Wyatt. Chris sort of had an inferiority complex, but she didn't care. Wyatt had Paige's telekinesis and Leo's orbing, Chris had Leo's orbing and Phoebe's premonitions (which he had gotten much later than was usual), and Pearl had Piper's freezing and blowing-up powers. The only thing that weakened Pearl was the fact that she couldn't orb – but Wyatt and Chris were always there for her, right?
The previous Charmed Ones – Piper, Phoebe, and Paige – had died the night Pearl was born, so for as long as Pearl could remember, she had been the third Charmed One – she, Wyatt, and Chris had become the next generation of Charmed Ones – which was new, because her cousins were the first male Charmed Ones in the history of magic.
Back to Pearl and the summoning – Pearl liked summoning lesser demons, which she immediately vanquished with a swish of her hands. If she couldn't defeat them, she always had a backup potion beside her.
She decided to summon a Vampire – she never had before, but had heard that the Charmed Ones had beaten them twice – so decided to give it a go.
Of course, Pearl blew up one of the strongest vampires, and the whole clan came after her – that's just her luck.
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