Regained Youth

a/n:

Chapter 3
Demons and Sleepovers

Piper knocked on the door, it was Raph who answered. "Come on in. Everybody else is already here." He said to her and stepped aside. Sam rushed up to her, along with Chelsea, Tally and a girl called Isla who was ill on the day Piper started. "Okay, so we have already planned everything out. First we are going to paint our nails and talk about boys-" Sam said, Leo and Raph didn't want to hear the rest and went into the dojo to spar while the girls were having fun. "Now that the boys are taken care of, lets have some fun." She said. The girls put out their sleeping bags and put in a movie. They were watching Wreck it Ralph. Piper had told them that she hasn't seen it yet, so it was the film they chose to watch. Nobody seen all four boys meet in the kitchen.

Meanwhile at the manner things were just heating up. A demon had shimmered in as Paige was making dinner. She flung the salad over him and orbed out. Phoebe levetated as Paige orbed in with a potion she had made earlier. "Phoebe look out." She called as the potion left her hand and hit the demon square in the chest.
"There will be more of us." Was the words he chose as he felt his life force slip away from him
"Maybe one of us should call Piper and get her home." Paige suggested. Phoebe shook her head
"No Piper needs this night to go well if she wants to be an adult again." Phoebe looked thoughtful for a moment. "Am I the only one that thinks that Piper is starting to think like a fifteen year old?" She asked. Paige shook her head and got started on getting the kitchen back to normal again.

At the sleepover. "No wonder that game is called Sugar Rush. Everything is made of Candy and sweets." Piper commented. Isla laughed and pulled her in. It was completely unknown to them that the boys were trying to swipe their snacks. "Shhh. Mikey I can't work this if you are laughing in my ear." Don said trying to work his staff in a way that would get them the prize.
"Sorry bro I was watching the movie. Poor Ralph, he doesn't realise the trouble he's caused." Raph slapped him and they got back to the task at hand. The chips and dip were almost theirs when Sam heard Mike snickering. "You know if you wanted snacks all you would have had to do was ask for them." She told them, even Leo looked like a deer caught in headlights, they ran off knowing that she would hit them.

At the Manner, Paige and Phoebe were telling Leo what happened. "So he said that there will be more of his kind coming?" He asked. Phoebe put her hands in her head.
"Yeah and he didn't even put up much of a fight. It was as if he wasn't even trying." She told. Leo looked at his charges.
"I will go and get Piper, you guys try to find out who he is by looking in the book." Leo orbed out.

He knocked on the door. Master Splinter opened it. "Hello. Can I help you?" He asked. Leo looked at the man.
"I'm here to pick up my daughter Piper." Piper turned her head away from the screen at the mention of her name. She looked at Leo.
"Dad what are you doing here?" She asked. Leo looked at her.
"Piper there is an emergency at home and you aunts need your help." Piper was sad. She asked if she could say goodbye first. Piper went back inside and hugged her friends goodbye saying that they would see each other the next day when they went shopping.

Back at the house Piper once again began to pace the living room. "Piper please sit down, you are making me dizzy." Phoebe said.
"What kinda demons are they anyway?" Piper asked feeling the strain of the last couple of weeks.
"They are animal demons they can shape-shift into any kind of animal. Only the one we met didn't change into anything he let himself be vanquished." Paige told her. This worried Piper.
"Okay so what now, we wait for them to attack us again? That is not an option sister." Piper said sitting down.

As they were talking another animal demon shimmered in and stayed in his human form so that he could use language. "Look at the witches. Trying to figure out their next move." The three girls turned around.
"Our next move will be vanquishing you." Paige said. Piper raised her hands and tried to blow him up. She felt weaker somehow. More demons shimmered in. Some of them had shapeshifted into big cats and others had stayed as demons. "Piper freeze them." Phoebe asked her. Piper froze the room, but it wasn't strong enough as she felt her power draining.
"Phoebe. This isn't going as planned." She commented. She was burning up and if she used her powers any more she would be in serious trouble. Phoebe seen her struggle as a demon turned panther pounced on her. The freeze had worn off. "Paige what do we do?" Piper asked as they were corned by lions and tigers. A couple of the demons turned into poisonous bull frogs. They lept at them. Piper had no choice but to freeze them. As she did she felt herself get really tired and now could hardly keep her eyes open. "Okay honey. Try and breathe, you will be okay." Paige comforted as the freeze wore off. The had just enough time to duck down.
She blew up the demon that Phoebe was fighting and regretted it instantly as she fell to the ground. Paige and Phoebe used potions to try and get away as many of the demons as possible while protecting Piper. Some of them were vanquished and the others left not wanting to join their friends.

"Piper honey come on wake up." Phoebe said shaking her. Piper wasn't waking up. There was something wrong Piper using her powers had never had that effect on her before. "Leo." Phoebe yelled. The room was filled with white and blue lights for a brief moment as Leo came into view. "What happened in here?" He asked looking around.
"The rainforest attacked us." Paige replied. "And Piper used her powers and then collapsed as if it was draining her." She added in for good measure.
"What, that shouldn't happen unless it is another consequence of the spell she's under." Leo started. Phoebe gave him a look so he continued. "Piper didn't have her powers when she was truly a teenager. So they are draining her as she is using them. Her body is too small to handle all the energy it takes to use her powers. It literally exhausts her to use them." Paige picked her up and once again orbed her into her bed.
"There you go honey sleep tight." Paige said, thinking that Piper was lucky to already be in her PJ's. She kissed the top of her head and it was hot to the touch. Paige was now really worried about her sister.

"Guy's we need to find a way to reverse this. I have a feeling that this could be really dangerous to Piper and the baby if we don't." Paige commented as they sat in the livingroom and once again were trying to figure our their next move. "We can only use the power of three if absolutely necessary. Piper will be to overwhelmed to tap into to it too often. It could kill her if we are not careful." This didn't make anybody feel any better about it and the sun was beginning to rise. "That girl is going to need all the luck that she can get today."

As Piper was at the mall with all her friends including the boys, her movements were slow and calculated, as if every ounce of energy needed to be preserved. Sam seen this as did Matty. "Piper is everything okay? You seem kinda drained." Asked Sam as they sat on a bench.
"Sam, I feel drained. Like I have no energy left in my body." Piper told her new friend. Sam was about to ask why when Mike and Raph came running past, they were yelling about some fight down in the food court. So they followed them down. To their luck it was Leo and another boy that they had never seen before arguing. He was wearing jogging trousers and a red vest top, he was swinging a hockey stick in the air. "Come on Case. I said I was sorry, can you please leave the hockey stick alone for five seconds." Leo ducked out of the way as Casey Jones took another swing.
"I wanted to take down Hun myself you knew that. Then you and the guys move the second he is gone." Raphael and Michelangelo decided to hold him back. "I'm calm now." He said letting his body slump. Sam walked over to him and rubbed his back. Casey was still a good friend to them. "Hun cannot come back. And if he did we just put a beating on him."

Later on Piper was cuddling on the couch with her sisters. She was still feeling a bit tired after the night before so she let out a massive yawn. "You are tired." Phoebe commented. Piper stifled another yawn. "Bed time, you have school tomorrow." Piper gave her a look.
"It's not me, it's the baby that's tired." Piper sighed when Phoebe gave her a look and started to head up the stairs. A demon shimmered in behind her. Piper heard the snarl and turned around. Her first instinct was to freeze it, but she could't as she was still too tired. "Phoebe!" A panicked Piper projected toward her sister. Phoebe turned around, seen the demon, levitated and fly kicked the demon in the head. She looked at her sister. "Honey are you okay?" She asked, Piper nodded.
"Can I blow him up?" She asked, as the demon got back to his feet. Phoebe nodded and said yes, so Piper mustered up all the strength she could before blowing him into little demon pieces. She looked at Phoebe for a second feeling drained. "Piper, please remember to only use your powers in an emergency it could be bad for you and the baby." Piper nodded and headed up stairs again. This time making it to her bedroom, and quickly fell asleep.

a/n: Another Chapter finished. Sorry it isn't as long, it will be longer next time.