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So here I am, reading a book, which is like 20 years old for me, freaking out since I haven't seen my fiancé in 28 hours, when I see a very familiar blue orb trail come down in front of me.
"Chris!" I hugged him. "Oh my god, are you okay? I haven't seen you… and I thought maybe something bad hap-"
"You can stop freaking out. I'm okay. I just got hung up at the Manor. The girls found Leo and he's convinced I sent him to Valhalla. I've been trying to get him off my trail all night." He hugged me. I could tell he was tired.
"Just don't scare me like that anymore." I let go and took a good look at him. "You should go to sleep, really, you look dreadful."
"Thanks," He said sarcastically, he began to orb upstairs and then stopped. He looked and kissed me. "Love you." He said and orbed off.
I grabbed my keys and leather jacket and closed the door behind me. Today makes the monthly anniversary of us being in the past, I think it's time to move on with my life. I jumped in my car and started to drive to the train station.
I had my application form filled out and my transcript ready to go. According to my fake identity, I went to Brown and was trying to transfer to Stanford for my senior year. Actually, this wasn't all fake, I was accepted to Brown three weeks before Wyatt took over the world. Now, I'm just using it to get into the school I really wanted to go to.
"Ah, Ms. Florence. I got your message and just wanted to say that we would be delighted to have you." The Dean of Admissions said. I was overjoyed on the inside, but kept a very professional face on the out.
"Thank you," I responded as I began to stand but then stopped myself, waiting to be excused.
"That's all, I hope you find everything you need while you're here."
"Goodbye." I said as I shook his hand and walked out. I passed some of the lecture halls I was to be going to classes in during the fall before I made it back to the restroom. I locked a stall and flamed home.
"There you are." Was my greeting from Chris, he was smiling.
"What are you smiling about?" I asked as I was lifted in the air like a bride is on her wedding day.
"Well, as I waiting for you, I was looking out the window and had a thought. You know how it's so beautiful here? How my mom and aunts are alive, even if they don't know who I am? Or how we don't have to be on constant alert all the time?" He began.
"Yeah." I said dragging it out to prompt him to explain more.
"I think we should plan the wedding so we can have our day without any interruptions." He offered. I was put down and I studied the beautiful diamond ring on my finger. "What do you think?" He asked nervously. I smiled to myself before looking up at him. I now held a grin.
"I think," I said thinking about it. "I think I'm going to need to go into the city to go get my wedding gown!"
"I love you." He said serenely between smooches.
"Hey Chris?" I said ending our slight make out session.
"Yeah?" He said, hands on my waist.
"I'm going back to college."
"Congratz." He said lifting me onto the kitchen counter and began kissing me fiercely.
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"Good morning." I said carrying a plate of eggs, toast, strawberries, and a cup of coffee.
"You know me so well." He said as he sat up. He looked at the time before digging in. 9:32am.
"Come on, we have a big day in front of us. First, I was thinking we could pick out our rings. Then, perhaps go on a vanquishing spree?"
"Sounds perfect. Let me just go get dressed." He orbed out to the bathroom.
"You have legs ya know." I called after him.
"Yeah, but orbing is just so much easier." He said sticking his head out of the door.
"I'll meet you downstairs, I forgot to grab my purse."
"Mmh hph" I heard him yell while brushing his teeth. I turned left down the hallway and walked down the stairs. I grabbed my purse off the rack and was startled by the sound of orbs.
"Chris!" I turned around to face my fiancé.
"I thought we had wedding rings to buy?"
"Let's take my car." I offered. I opened the front door and walked down the steps. I saw Chris rub his temples. "You okay?"
"Yeah, do you mind if we maybe did this in an hour? Phoebe's calling for me like crazy."
"Sure, come on, I'll come with you." I redirected my path to the Manor across the street. Their door was already open, so we just came in.
"Phoebe? Paige? Piper?" Chris called out worried. I took in my surroundings. The couch was tipped over, the walls held scorch marks, and the grandfather clock was shattered. I ran to the closet sister.
"Paige!" She was under the table and was bleeding on her head. I quickly healed her and helped her up. Chris was inspecting Phoebe who claimed to be fine. "What happened?"
"Demons," Phoebe filled me in. "Demons are what happened."
"Did they try to get to Wyatt?" Chris grilled.
"No, he's fine." Paige answered. Chris relaxed a bit.
"So did you guys get them? Or do we have a demon hunt?"
"Later of the two." Phoebe responded.
"Great." I breathed out. "Just great."
We were all up in the attic an hour later. Piper was reluctant to Chris and I being there, ever since Leo, but we managed.
"Is this is?" Chris asked them for the hundredth time about a demon on the current page.
"No," Paige responded yet another time. I was sitting on the couch in a ball, looking up at the ceiling. I was distracted by the sound of orbing. Leo.
"Hey, sorry I didn't come sooner, I was in a meeting Up There. What do you have for- What are you doing here?" He questioned Chris and I.
"Phoebe called us. Paige was hurt and I had to heal her." I told him coldly.
"Are you alright?" He asked Paige concerned.
"Yeah, anyways, we can't find this demon anywhere in the book." Paige said throwing her head in her hands.
"What did it look like again?" Leo pondered.
"Big," Phoebe answered.
"It had claws, sort of like Wolverine," Paige described.
"Oh! It had a third eye, too." Phoebe pitched.
"Scaly! It was scaly, and light blue." Paige came up with.
"Okay, but what powers did it have?" Leo prompted.
"Wind, lots of wind."
"And super strength." Phoebe added.
"So were facing a comic book villain?" I said.
"No, it was real." Phoebe said reflecting the battle.
"What about this one?" Chris said at the book.
"Read it out loud." I suggested, careful not to get close to the book.
"Groff demon. It prays on powerful witches to gain their powers."
"Sounds like the everyday demon. Anything unusual about it?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah, once the victim is infected, which is by a flesh wound, it has 24 hours before they go into a coma. The Groff demon then feeds on their magic leaving the victim clueless about ever having powers, which is how he's stayed under the radar. Once they've been attacked, they don't remember it or who they are."
"Was anyone infected?" A very concerned Piper asked around. Paige raised her hand.
"Why is it always me?" Paige wondered aloud.
"Is there an antidote?" Leo asked Chris.
"Yeah it's in the book," Chris said.
"Let's start making it. Wait, does it say how to vanquish this Groff?" Piper decided.
"Power of three spell should do fine." Chris said checking the book.
"Cool, so what? We wait for the demon to go after Paige tomorrow morning?"
"No, you are not going anywhere, we talked about this. For Power of Three vanquishes, you don't get to help." Piper reminded me. "But, yeah, that's what Paige, Phoebe and I will be doing."
"Fine, come on, Chris. The stores are only open for another hour. We should make it to all if we orb." I said checking my watch.
"Stores for what?" Piper asked suspicious. I looked at Chris and smiled.
"We decided to have our wedding in the past, since it's so much more beautiful here." I explained. Paige smiled.
"Don't you want your family to be there?" Phoebe pondered. I shook my head.
"Families barely exist where we come from." I broke.
"I'm so sorry." Paige cared.
"It's okay. That's why we are here, right? To change it? Until then, though, I was sort of hoping that you'd consider being my maid of honor." I asked Paige. She looked shocked.
"Oh, um, of coarse. I would love to." Paige responded.
"Thanks. I know we've only known you guys for a month now, but you guys are the closest I have to family right now, except…" I turned to look at Chris. "You. Christopher."
"I told you not to call me that." He joked.
"Whatcha going to do about it?" I provoked. He thought about it for a moment and then lifted me off my feet to hold me in his arms.
"Something like this." He said and quickly kissed me.
"Okay, okay," Piper cut in. "Romeo, Juliet. Why don't you two do that somewhere else, because I need to make that potion, and one the ingredients is not my puke." She teased.
"We should be back in an hour. Call us if you need anything." I looked down to me after Phoebe gave him an ok' nod. "Which store first?"
"That one where my he bought his." I told.
"Isn't that in London?" He said as he put me down.
"Mayyybeee."
"Hold on tight." Chris warned as we began to disappear in a shower of orbs. We landed outside the store. Before we went it, I looked around me, taking in the London I used to know.
"It's so much different." I pointed out to Chris.
"The whole world is." He agreed.
"Come on, let's get inside, I'm feeling claustrophobic." I grabbed his arm and opened the door. I stopped once we got inside. My grip on Chris's arm tightened. His glaze was fixed where mine was.
"Isn't that-" He started.
"Ye-ah." My voice cracked as my eyes watered.
A/N: Sorry it was a shorter chapter, but as I was writing I had an idea from something an awesome person wrote in my reviews and s I thought it would be better if I ended the chapter here so the next one can be amazing. sooo yeah, plz review cuz it makes my day and the next chapter should be up tomorrow if not later tonight!
