Chapter 2: Transport:
Pearl woke up in the morning and thanked god that she had five days off of college.
That should give me enough time to figure it out. She thought. Pearl walked up to her closet and put on a pair of blue loose jeans and a loose purple shirt. She put on her purple running shoes too. She knew she needed comfortable clothes if she was going to go searching in the supernatural.
Grabbing her novel, she ran down the stairs to see her grandmother flipping pancakes.
"Morning Grandma,"
"Good morning Sweetie," said Blanche. Pearl took two pancakes and a glass of orange juice and sat down and started eating. Her grandmother, Blanche, took a few pancakes and a mug of coffee and sat down.
"Are you going to check your dreams out today?" Blanche asked eating a piece of pancake.
"Yeah," said Pearl through a mouth full of pancakes. "I'm going to go down to the history center then hit the Book of Shadows."
"Well," said Blanche. "I called Phoebe yesterday if that helps and told her about your dreams and she's going to check the Book for you."
Pearl jumped up and hugged her grandmother.
"Thanks Grandma," she said running out. "I gotta go."
"But you hardly touched your breakfast," yelled her grandmother after her. "Bye."
The front door slammed shut and Blanche sighed. Pearl got into her car and drove to the history center. The cell phone in her bag rang.
"Hello," said Pearl.
"Hey Pearl," rang Phoebe's voice on the other end. "How are you?"
"Hey Pheebs, I'm fine. Did you find anything?"
"Why are you so straight to the point all the time?" laughed Phoebe. "But no, I didn't find anything. There's nothing in the Book about Troy. I'll check the internet and the Book again."
"I'm on my way to the history center. I'll checkout some books and maybe print some papers about the Trojan War. I need to figure it out. I know it's not just happening because I'm studying Troy."
"You do have a point," pondered Phoebe. "I'll get Leo on it."
"Thanks a lot Phoebe," said Pearl. "I really appreciate this."
"It's no problem. Call if you find out anything."
The phone line went dead and Pearl sped up a little. She knew that she had to get to the history center and fast if she was going to figure out what her dreams meant.
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The cell phone in Phoebe's hand went dead as she shut it off. Sighing, she clicked on the internet icon in her computer and searched for the Trojan War. Over a million sites came up and she clicked the first one and it came up with lots of useless information. She checked a few more sites, but all of them had non-useful information. Phoebe sighed and slammed her Lap Top shut.
"This is useless," she sighed. Phoebe glanced at the ceiling and yelled.
"LEO,"
A few seconds later, a swirl of bright blue and white lights appeared in the room. There was a certain jingle to them and they appeared to be dancing around in a circular pattern. The lights ended and Leo appeared.
"Hey Phoebe," he said.
"Hi," she said. "Can you ask the Elders if dreams about the Trojan War mean anything?"
"Sure. But why?" he asked confused.
"Pearl has been having strange dreams about them. Actually, why don't you go see her before you ask the Elders. I think she's at the history center.
"Okay. Bye." He orbed out.
"I hope this isn't a new threat," said Phoebe as she went down the stairs with the Book of Shadows in her hands. Piper and Paige were sitting in the kitchen talking about baby names.
Piper was pregnant with her and Leo's baby. When they visited the future, they found her to be a girl and her name was Melinda. Piper pretty much stuck to that name especially now that she was pregnant.
"Hey Phoebe," said Paige. Piper smiled, but she saw the Book
"Oh no," she said. "You have the Book. Something bad always happens when you have the Book."
Phoebe laughed. Why does she always think it's our problem. But if Pearl does have a problem, then so do we.
"No," said Phoebe. "It's Pearl. She's been having weird dreams about the Trojan War, and she thinks it means something. I'm a little worried too. I mean remember my dreams about the Succubus." She put the Book on the kitchen table, sat down, and started flipping through it. Her sisters sat down next to her.
"We'll help," said Paige.
"If Pearl has a problem, yes," said Piper. She was always eager to help Pearl. She was after all their only cousin. "If you have a problem, then no."
"I'm hurt," said Phoebe mockingly. Paige laughed a little then got an idea.
"What if we cast a spell to help her figure out her dreams?"
"That's not bad," said Phoebe. She was about to search through the Book for a spell like that when the Book suddenly flipped itself.
"Thanks Grams," said Paige to the ceiling. She glanced over to the Book. "To Unmask A Dream."
"I don't like this," said Piper. "Grams would never turn it to a spell in the personal gain category. There's something strange going on here."
"Something big," said Paige. "I can feel it."
"I fear you may be on to something," said Phoebe. She was scared on the inside, but appeared to be brave on the outside.
"Well," said Paige looking over the spell. "Pearl might have to cast it. This could be the only way to figure out what's wrong."
"But what if the spell has consequences?" asked Piper. "It's happened before."
"It might have some if it's used for personal gain," wondered Phoebe.
"Forget personal gain," said Paige standing up. "This could be serious. What if it's dangerous? I mean you two remember when Phoebe dreamed of that Succubus thing attacking like you said Phoebe. It could be the same thing. She could be having premonitions of the past in her sleep. We need to help her."
"For once," said Piper. "I actually agree with you two. I'm in. As soon as she gets here, we'll tell her about the spell."
"What if she doesn't cast?" asked Phoebe. "I mean she's been a witch way longer than any of us have been. She could think of it as personal gain."
"Well, if she views it as personal gain," said Piper. "None of us will go near it." She put the sentence in a way that said 'End of discussion'.
"I'll go check the internet," said Paige.
"I already did," said Phoebe. Paige had already walked out of the room.
"It doesn't hurt to try twice," yelled Paige when she was across the Manor.
"I gotta get to work," said Phoebe. "Can you check the Book for Pearl again?" she asked pouting in Piper direction.
"Sure," agreed her sister. Phoebe jumped up and gave her sister a hug.
"Love you," she yelled running out of the kitchen.
"You too," yelled Piper after her. She took the Book and went over to where Paige was sitting in the attic looking through the internet.
"Did you find anything yet?" asked Piper flipping through the Book.
"Nada," said Paige. "Zilch. None of these sites make sense. I mean there are well over a million pages and sites for Troy, but nothing on dreams about the Trojan War. I still think those dream thingies are premonitions."
"Dream thingies?" asked Piper looking amused. Paige shrugged.
"I don't know what else to call them," she answered. Piper flipped through the Book of Shadows when she got an idea.
"I know I'm not the first to suggest this, but," she paused and looked at Paige. "Maybe we should ask Cole."
"Cole?" Paige asked a little aggravated.
"Well," said Piper. "He wants to use his powers to save innocents and he is trying to prove being good. Not to mention he has access to the Underworld and could see if a demon was behind those dream thingies. Plus he has endless powers."
"And he tried to kill us and turn Phoebe evil," said Paige.
"True," agreed Piper. "But, one little favor won't hurt. I mean we saved him from the whole Siren deal. Right?" The girl had saved Cole a few weeks before from a demon who tried to take control of him and made him almost kill Phoebe.
"Phoebe's not going to like this," said Paige in a sing-song voice.
"I know," said Piper. "But we don't have a choice. These dreams could be serious. We learned never to ignore dreams. Remember?" Paige nodded and sighed.
"Cole," said Paige. "If you can hear me we need your help."
A second later, the form of Cole's teleporting appeared. He stood there in an expensive suit and smiled.
"Piper, Paige, how are you?" he asked.
"Never mind," said Paige. "Look Pearl, you remember her, our cousin, you tried to kill her after she found out you were the Source and tried to warn us, is having dreams about the Trojan War. We don't know what they mean only that they might be trouble."
"So," said Piper. "Are you going to help us or not?"
"These dreams might affect Phoebe, right?" he asked concern for Phoebe in his voice.
"If they're a sign of a rising danger," Piper said. Cole nodded.
"I'll help," he agreed. "Plus, I owe it to Pearl. I did try to kill her."
"I think you owe her a lifetime supply of favors," sorted Paige. Cole teleported out and Paige sighed.
"I hope you know what you're doing," Paige said to Piper.
"I do," said Piper before returning to the Book. I hope. She added silently in her thoughts.
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"These are all the things I could find about the Trojan War dear," said the woman at the desk handing Pearl seven text books, six picture books, and a file of printed out copies of the Trojan Wars' history.
"Thank you," said Pearl taking the large pile. She went over to one of the tables and sat down. She opened the first text book and started flipping through it. It was full of non-useful information. She went through them all and didn't find anything. She decided to go to the cafeteria and get a hot chocolate.
A few minutes later, she was sitting back down with a hot chocolate and brownie in her hands. She started eating and searching through the other books. She finished them all and looked at her watch. She had been in the history center for an hour and hadn't found anything. She finished her brownie and got up. She straightened out the books and took her hot chocolate and the file. She went up to the woman at the counter and paid for the file. It was the only thing she hadn't looked through.
"Thank you," said the woman. "Please feel free to come again." Pearl smiled and left. Her back pack was slung over her back and she had her file under her left arm. She held her hot chocolate cup in her right hand.
The whole history center research cost her twenty five dollars. She unlocked her grey SUV and got in. She out her back pack in the back seat and her drink in the cup holder and started the car.
"Since when did demon hunting get so expensive?"
"Since you use the biggest history center in San Francisco," said a voice. Pearl looked around and her eyes landed on the seat next to her. Leo was orbing into her car. When he appeared, she let out a sigh of relief.
"You scared me," she said. "And you could have exposed magic."
"Don't worry," said Leo. "How are you and your dreams doing?"
"The same," she answered. "I suppose Phoebe told you."
"Yeah," he said. "I was going to check with the Elders, but I decided to get all the details from you first. Care to elaborate?"
"It's been nine days and in those nine days, I've had the same dream. I was in the Trojan War. I can tell, because it has all the same details from my history book. I was taken prisoner and some soldier walks into the tent. He asks another soldier who I am and he says that they found me hiding behind some rocks. He then comes to ask me my name and as soon as I tell him, I wake up." Pearl finished the story. She needed to figure out what they meant.
"I'll check with the Elders," he said. "Is that all?" he said. Leo was like a brother to her and she could tell him anything. But there was nothing else to tell.
"Yes," she said. He nodded and orbed out. Pearl sighed. She levitated her cell phone out of her bag and dialed her grandmother's number.
"Hello, Devereux residence," she said.
"Hey Grandma," said Pearl.
"Hello honey," said Blanche. "Where are you now?"
"I'm on my way to the Manor," answered Pearl. "The history center didn't have any information, but it did gain twenty five dollars." Blanche laughed.
"Don't worry," she assured her granddaughter. "You'll find out what they mean."
"Thanks Grandma," Pearl said. "Did Phoebe find anything?"
"No," answered Blanche. "She had to go to work, but she has Piper and Paige on the job."
"Thanks," said Pearl. "Well I gotta go."
"Okay," said Blanche. "Bye sweetheart."
"Bye," said Pearl. She snapped her phone shut and sighed.
I wish I knew what these dreams meant. Pearl stopped the car on the high way and saw a traffic jam. Great, I'll be stuck here all day. Oh well, might as well make what I can of it.
Pearl picked up the file and started flipping through it. She read about the Trojan War, but didn't find anything. As soon as she came to flip the page, she had a vision.
Pearl was running through a hallway in a palace. She was wearing a long white dress like they used to in Ancient Greek times. Her blond hair was left loose behind her back. She was running through a crowd of people.
"Achilles," she kept yelling in fear.
"Achilles," she yelled again.
She could hear the screams of the people outside and inside the palace. The Trojan War was beginning.
"Achilles," she yelled again. "ACHILLES," She yelled at the top of her lungs. She pushed through the people and ran as fast as she could in the dress.
"ACHILLES," she yelled again.
Pearl gasped as she was pulled out of the vision. She had the familiar ringing in her ears which she often experienced after having a vision.
Pearl flipped the page she was touching and saw a picture of the statue of Achilles.
Achilles, I was shouting Achilles in my premonition. Is he the soldier from my dreams?
The traffic cleared up and she started driving. As soon as she made a right turn, she slammed the gas pedal and drove as fast as the law allowed to the Manor. She parked in front of the house and rang the doorbell.
Piper opened the door and squealed. "Pearl," she embraced her cousin. "What are you doing here?"
"As if you don't already know," she said. Piper looked back at her and noticed the fear on her face.
"What's wrong?" asked Piper.
"I had a vision," answered Pearl. "Is Paige upstairs? I wanna tell you both at the same time." Piper nodded and led her up stairs. Paige was looking in the Book of Shadows. She looked up and when she saw Pearl she smiled.
"Pearl," she yelled running across the room to embrace her cousin. Pearl hugged her back.
"So what was the vision?" asked Piper as soon as they broke apart. Paige rolled her eyes.
"Can't you give us like five minutes to exchange happy compliments?" she asked. Piper smiled.
"No," she said. "Now, what was the vision?"
"Okay," she said sitting down on her ancestor, Pearl's, old couch. Piper and Paige sat at either side of her. "I was running through some palace. I think it was the one in Troy. I think I was looking for Achilles, the greatest soldier in Greek history. I was shouting his name and I doubt there's another Achilles out there. That's where the vision ends."
"That's all?" asked Piper. "No demon? Nothing?"
"That's it," answered Pearl.
"Well," said Paige. "I don't know if you want to cast it or not, but Phoebe found a spell in the Book of Shadows that we think might help."
"What is it?" asked Pearl running across the room. She went up to the pedestal that held the Halliwell Book of Shadows on it.
"A spell to unmask a dream," Piper answered. "It might help. But it might be considered personal gain and might backfire."
"But it could be the key to finding your answer," argued Paige.
"It might also be a bad thing," Piper said. "You don't know the consequences."
"But if you don't take a chance," Paige said. "You might not find what you're looking for." Pearl considered it for a minute.
"I'll cast it," Pearl decided. Paige smirked while Piper frowned a little. Paige flipped the page to the spell and Pearl scanned it with her eyes.
"Okay," she said. "Here goes nothing."
"Thoughts and feelings never hide,
"Help me find where the dream resides,
"Take me back to where it I'll find,
"What I wish in place and time,"
As soon as she finished the spell, bright white lights surrounded her. She felt herself drifting. Her body dematerialized and she disappeared.
"Oh no," said Piper. Paige was staring wide eyed at where her cousin just disappeared. The two sisters looked at each other before simultaneously calling out.
"LEO,"