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Prue's car stopped in front of the school, and Phoebe climbed out of the passenger seat. Prue drove off to the back of the school. Phoebe bounced up to Piper. "Are you excited, Piper?"
"Excited?" asked Piper. She let out a short laugh. "Phoebe, we're going to be fighting a demon, not going to a dance party."
"Well, I think it's exciting." Phoebe retrieved a small bag of potato chips from her purse and opened them. "I mean, it's our first demon. Before this, we were demon-fighting virgins."
"Before this, we also didn't know we were witches and the world made sense," replied Piper. "You know, I'm not even sure if I want to be a witch yet. I know we have no choice because it's in our blood, but I feel like witches are evil, and I don't want to be evil."
"Listen to me, Piper." Phoebe turned Piper around and put her hands on her older sister's shoulders. "We are not evil. If we were evil, we wouldn't be fighting demons at all. We would be helping them hurt and/or kill innocent people. Okay?"
"Okay," said Piper, though she didn't sound convinced.
Everything was quiet for a few minutes, minus the sound of Phoebe loudly chomping on her chips. A yellowjacket flew out of nowhere, getting near Piper's face. She threw her hands up, and the yellowjacket stopped an inch away from her nose. She stepped over a little. "Ew. Swat it."
"You swat it."
Piper grabbed Phoebe's now-empty chip bag and swatted the bee with it. It unfroze and landed a foot away. Piper took a giant step forward and stepped on the bee, moving her foot around to make sure it was dead. "Get close to my face. Take that, Mister Bee."
"What if that yellowjacket was another Innocent we were supposed to save?" asked Phoebe, grinning.
Piper glared at her sister. She smiled and shook her head. "Shut up. What time is it?"
Phoebe looked at her watch. "It's four-thirty. Only two-and-a-half hours to go. We should play a game or something."
"Yes, because I'm sure there are board games hidden in the bushes," said Piper sarcastically. "I still need more practice with my powers, but there's no way to practice without exposing magic."
Phoebe nodded. "You want some gummy bears?"
"How much food do you have?" asked Piper.
"Enough to last two-and-a-half hours."
Piper and Phoebe both looked as someone came out the front doors to the school. It was a young teacher with black hair pulled into a tight bun. "Excuse me, Piper and other girl, if you're waiting for someone to get here, you'll have to wait inside."
Piper threw her hands out in front of her. The teacher froze instantly. "You wait inside, Missus Salazar."
Mrs. Salazar had a funny expression on her face, and Phoebe couldn't help laughing. "Wait. What if someone else comes outside? Won't they be freaked out that this woman is frozen?"
"Eh." Piper waved one of her hands in front of her, and Mrs. Salazar became unfrozen. Piper smiled. "I'm sorry, Missus Salazar. We were just going to take a walk."
"Okay, girls," smiled Mrs. Salazar. "Just be careful, and stay away from dark alleys."
"Will do," said Phoebe as she and Piper walked away from the school. When they were out of earshot, she said, "Where are we going? What about the demon?"
"Relax. We have more than two hours until Prue and Andy even get out of practice," said Piper.
Two hours and fifteen minutes later, Piper and Phoebe were back at the school. Prue and Andy came out of the front doors, talking. They stopped on the sidewalk and held hands. In the bushes, Phoebe gasped. "Okay. It's about to happen. Right...now!"
A dark-haired man wearing a gray suit appeared out of nowhere. Piper ran over to Prue's side while Phoebe stayed in the bushes. Phoebe yelled, "Hey!"
The demon looked at Phoebe, an energy ball forming above his hand. Prue pushed Andy to the ground, but before he could hit the ground, Piper threw up her hands, freezing him in the spot. The demon noticed the activity and threw his energy ball towards Prue. Prue stared at the energy ball, and it moved back toward the demon. He disappeared before it hit him, and the ball instead kept going and hit a tree, leaving a scorch mark.
"Damn it!" yelled Piper.
Prue looked at Andy, and he was once again on his feet but still frozen. Piper waved her hand, and Andy unfroze. He looked around, confused. "What happened? Oh. Hi Piper. Hi Phoebe. Where'd you come from?"
"We were waiting for Prue because we were going to go to the mall," lied Phoebe, glancing at Prue. "You wanna come with?"
"Uh, yeah. Thanks," smiled Andy. He joined his hand with Prue's once more, walking toward Prue's used car.
Piper and Phoebe walked together behind the happy couple. Piper sighed. "I can't believe it. Our first demon and he got away unscathed."
"All that matters right now is that Andy's safe," Phoebe pointed out. "Plus, now that we got a good look at the demon, we can probably find him easier. It's strange. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before. Did he look familiar to you at all?"
Piper shook her head. "No. I don't think I've ever seen him before. Do you know why he looks familiar to you?"
Phoebe bit her lip. "Probably something to do with Rick's dad."
As soon as the word "Rick" was out of her mouth, Pheobe stopped walking and gasped, closing her eyes. She was standing in a court room. A man she recognized as her friend Rick's dad was standing in front of her. On the other side of the court room was the demon, standing with his hands on his hips. Phoebe glanced at his briefcase, which sat on the table in front of him. The name "Turner" was printed on the nametag on the front of the case.
Phoebe opened her eyes, and Piper was staring at her. Prue and Andy were still walking to Prue's car in front of them. Piper looked concerned. "What was it? What'd you see?"
"The demon. I know who he is," started Phoebe. "His name is Cole Turner. He was the district attorney who prosecuted Rick's dad. I just had a vision of the trial. My first vision of the past."
"Okay. We'll tell Prue later," nodded Piper. "For now, let's just go to the mall and have some fun. We deserve it after fighting a demon for the first time. Come on."
I hope you enjoyed chapter four! Next chapter, the Charmed Ones go after Cole! :)
