Author: My internship at a coffee company gives me all the extra time I need for little updates like these. To those following Big Time Charmed, I'm working on the next chapter, but I doubt I'll have it up un till after Christmas. Sorry. This chapter takes place 6 months after the last.
Disclaimer: I don't own BTR.
Ch4: The oogy boogey Woogyman.
Meditation, a way of wasting time and absolutely boring. It was Sunday and like usual it meant they had to spend two hours in the basement at Mitchell house to practise their powers. To begining this lesson with meditation...
James had turned seven two days ago and he decided that was old enough to get an active power.
Of course he was highly disappointed when his mom told him that wasn't how things worked. Power grew with you and everyone grew differently. James knew that was true because, while he was still short and chubby, still taller than Carlos, but Kendall and Logan where growing taller than him. Also unfair. He would have thrown a fit if his dad hadn't told him he'd probably get a grow spurt when he was older.
He sure hoped so.
And seeing none of their parents really knew how to use the power of premonition they told him to focus each time he'd have one and remember how he was feeling before them.
Soon after that it became apparent that premonition wasn't an emotion based power.
That's why James couldn't understand why aunt Joan still made him meditate with with his brothers seeing he didn't need to be at peace with his feelings for premonitions anyways.
Glancing besides him James grinned when he realized Carlos had fallen asleep again. Maybe the younger witch had the right idea.
Grinning leant against the basement wall and closed his eyes.
/He didn't want to do this! Why was it making him do this?! The black thing was making hurting them not him! Did they really think it was him doing this? HELP!/
Gasping hazel eyes flew open darting around wildly in blind panic. Realising he was in a basement James sniffed curling up in a small ball.
"James?" Kendall asked gently placing a hand on James' shoulder and shaking it. The only response that action got him was James shoulders starting to tremble as the seven-year old started crying quietly.
Not knowing what to do Logan got up and ran upstairs to get his mom.
-Magic comes-
If something tries to hurt you in your dreams tell them to go away cause they don't exist. That was what Sylvia always told them. Even with that in mind James was reluctant to go to sleep that night.
So after having been carried to bed by his dad and getting a good night kiss from his mom, James planned on staying up all night.
unfortunately a full afternoon playing outside with his friends and pranking the Camerelli twins was getting up with him and James found himself no longer able to keep his eyes open.
/He didn't know where he was, but it was dark and it looked kinda like a basement. wherever he was the floor was shaking violently stopping when a large crack formed in the middle of the basement floor. A large shapeless black shadow figure started rising from the crack and even though it didn't have eyes James knew it was looking right at him.
His suspicion was confirmed when he heard the monster's demonic voice call out his name.
"James..." It didn't even sound human and it was floating straight towards him! "You'll fight me at first. But in the end, you'll do everything I ask." It said right before it closed in on hims and all he could see was endless blackness./
"No!" James screamed sitting up in his bed. "Mommy!" He cried climbing out of his bed he ran to his parents room in tears.
-Magic Comes-
"I'm telling you it was so real!" James insisted walking to school with his three best friends and Sylvia Garcia.
Logan snorted. "A shadow coming out of the floor and attacking you sounds real?"
"Yes!"
"Doesn't sound real." Logan replied raising both eyebrows.
"The Woogyman's real guys!"
"Don't you mean the boogeyman?" Kendall blinked.
James shook his head. "Nuh uh, it's the Woogyman in the basement."
"There aren't any monsters in the basement." Logan argued.
They were all surprised when James just huffed and crossed his arms. He was usually very insistent when he believed he was right.
The four witches didn't notice the thoughtful look on Sylvia's face as she walked them to school.
-Magic comes-
For a while things stayed like that. Every night for two weeks James would dream about the Woogyman and then crawl in bed with his parents and sleep there for the rest of the night. Nothing changed un till they had a sleep over at Kendall's house.
The four young witches were playing a video game all sitting in the mass of sleeping bags and snacks they'd made on the floor. They read their comics, watched cartoons, played games and tactfully begged for five more minutes every hour.
When it was time for bed the four were surprised by a visit from Sylvia, Eric and Joan. "Hey boys, what about a story before sleep?"
"What kind of story?" Carlos asked eager for whatever story his and Logan's mom had in store for them.
Sylvia and Joan sat down on the couch. "A story about four powerful witches and how defeated the dark being locked inside the nexus."
"The dark being?" Logan asked at the same time James cried out "The Woogyman!"
Sylvia nodded smiling cheerfully but her face also showed that she was serious or at least she tried not show it, but her mind was on something else. "Yes, the four witches had a lot trouble getting rid of the Woogyman nearly giving in to their dark side in the battle."
"They needed to remind the Woogyman that they weren't puppets to play with." Joan continued, much to the boys disappointment. Joan wasn't good at story telling usually keeping her voice flat. This time she also sounded serious and almost remorseful like she was truly talking about a great battle. "The shadows will always try to get rid of the light, but if the light's strong enough it can scatter the shadow."
"How?" James asked needing to know the answer.
"By letting the light guide you through the Shadow." Carlos' dad answered smiling encouragingly. "Show that Woogyman who's the boss by telling this rhyme: I am the light. I am one to strong too fight. Return to darkness where shadows dwell, you have caused one too much to fall. So go away and leave my sight, and take away with you this endless night."
"That's all?" James asked disappointed. Saying a little rhyme couldn't possibly get rid of that monster.
Eric nodded. "Trust me kiddo. That's how the four witches vanquished the Woogyman."
Still not convinced James nodded looking down at the mess of blankets. Closing his eyes he mentally repeated the rhyme opening his eyes he grinned turning to his brothers. "Told you the Woogyman's real!"
Chuckling Eric got up, Sylvia and Joan doing the same. It wasn't like the four boys even noticed them leave they were too busy discussing the story.
Logan scoffed. "It's still just a story!"
"My parents didn't lie." Carlos replied sounding unsure.
"You want the Woogyman to be real?" Kendall asked frowning.
James blinked. "No, I- Shut up!" Turning over he lay the down his back facing the others. Thanks to weeks of barily getting any sleep at all, James was fast asleep the moment he closed his eyes.
And for the first time in two weeks he didn't dream about the Woogyman.
In fact he wouldn't think about the shadow un till many years later.
author: This was based on Chapter 12 of Big Time Charmed so if any of you want to see the confrontation with the Woogyman you can check it out.
