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Chapter 3

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Piper, Paige, and Phoebe shot to there feet. Piper looked at Gwyn's worried face as she instructed

"Gwyn, you need to stay down here and don't move, alright? We don't need any more of our family getting hurt. We'll right back!" Piper stipulated. Gwyn looked Piper in the eye and nodded. Gwyn watched as the three girls proceeded up the stairs and dissappeared into the attic.

As Pheobe, Piper, and Paige slowly got closer, the sound of crashes and bangs were becoming more and more clear. They peered in, and noticed a scrawny, tall, spiky-haired demon, which happened to look more like a man than anything, searching for what they assumed to be the Book of Shadows.

Piper, Pheobe, and Paige charged their way in. Piper waved her hands to quickly destroy the deomon, but unfortunately failed.

The demon glared at Piper and growled in dispare. With a quick sweep of his hands the girls began to levitate. Piper, Pheobe, and Paige were paralized, unable to break free from the hold the demon had against them.

"Hah...hah..hahahah." the demon laughed, enjoying every moment of his triumph. "Now, this might hurt a little! Well, okay, a lot!" the cocky demon continued and in unison, the charmed girls were thrown like ragdolls clear across the room hitting the wall causing a loud bonecrunching sound.

The demon smiled in delight at the tortured girls, as they squirmed for comfort; as if the movement was able to ease the pain, but only caused the wounds to get worse. The girls took once last look at smirking demon and fell unconscious.



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Gwyn was patiently sitting on the couch, waiting for the girls to come walking down the stairs once again, assuring her that everything would alright again.

Gwyn waited and waited and waited.

Gwyn began to doze, peacfully, off to sleep, but before she had fallen completly asleep, she heard a voice beckon; "Hey there Gwyn..", A startled Gwyn immediately opened her eyes and saw the demon delightfully smirking.

"Finally, we meet!" the demon continued. The demon slowly floated closer and closer.

A terrified Gwyn, in the defense mode, lifted her arms and demanded "Go away! Leave me the fuck alone!", "Go...!!!" Gwyn plunged her arms towards the demon to push the him away, but unsuspectidly what appeared to be a bolt of lightening shot out of her hands, hitting the demon in the chest, and causing a surge of lightening to flow through his soon to be lifeless corpse.

She immediatly put her hands down, unsure as to what she had just caused. The steaming corpse then fell to the ground, and as it hit the floor, a crunchy sound was heard.

She slowly peered over and noticed a steamy, blistered corpse staring right back at her and screamed.

Gwyn got up, quickly walked by the steaming body, and ran up the stairs and in to the attic. As she ran her way in, she noticed them lying on the floor, seemingly lifeless. As she walked over to Piper, Pheobe, and Paige she noticed blood trickling from Piper and Pheobe's mouthes, and her eyes began to tear up.

She looked up at the sealing, and as loud as she could, she yelled. "Leo!, Leo! They need you!", " God damn it Leo, get the fuck down here." Gwyn desperatly demanded.

Leo orbed in and noticed his wife and her sisters lying on the floor. He walked over to them, looked at Gwyn and ordered, "I want you to go to Paige and Pheobe as I start on helping Piper."

Gwyn lifted Paige and Pheobe to see what kind of damage was done. Paige was the only one seriously hurt. Leo looked at Gwyn, and noticed Paige's destroyed body.

"Gwyn, pull that peice of glass out from her back, hurry!" He demanded.

Gwyn in tears, pulled the reluctant glass from Paige's stiff cold body.

Leo gently shoved Gwyn out of the way, and healed the three sisters.

Gwyn ran to Piper, Pheobe, and Paige and gave them a warming hug and kiss on the cheek.

"How?...eh... What? Gwyn, how?" Piper, still dazed and confused, asked?

"Actually, I really don't know?" Gwyn smiled, "I'm just glad to see you alive!" the overjoyed gwyn continued.

"Although, Piper, I do remember.." As she looked towards Leo's curious face. " I was down stairs waitting for you guys to come back, but you took for ever and so I believe I began to fall asleep. As my eyes were closed, I heared a male voice speaking to me. I believe he said 'Hey.. Gwyn....Finaly we meet!' , I had no idea what that ment but I didn't care, I was just too scared and startled to think and I didn't know what to do, so I lifted my hands up to protect myself and, and..." Gwyn paused prefly, and slowly continued. " and.. as I was going to push him away, but instead a bolt of lightening shot out of my hands, and after I put my hands down, I went up here to the attic, noticed you guys unconcious, and I yelled for Leo.", " He saved.. your lives!"

Piper, Pheobe, and Paige looked at one another and smiled.

Piper tried to stand, but her weak, frail body made her tumble to the floor. Leo and Gwyn then helped the three sisters up from off the attic floor, and proceeded down the stairs and in to the living room.



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