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Okay we are finally at the point and time of the story where it is "present time."
Just a little recap, Alexia is 13 and starting 8th grade. Melinda and Marie are about to star their senior year of high school. The twins are Juniors.
Also, some new characters are going to be introduced, Macey who is Wyatt's girlfriend and some other characters I'll mention in later chapters.
I hope you enjoy it! and please read and review :)
"Hey...Lex...Lexi"
The voice sounded far away, as if it were coming from the end of a tunnel, but it was getting closer. Alexia sat cross-legged on the hardwood floors. She felt her bottom numb from sitting for so long. She kept her eyes closed and inhaled slowly, feeling the cool golden pendant in her hand and sensing the others in the room.
Alexia exhaled slowly. She opened her eyes and looked up to see a pair of green eyes intently staring at her from behind wisps of brown hair. Chris extended his arm out. Lexi wrapped her petit, slender fingers around Chris's large rough hands and was pulled to her feet.
She swayed and clamped her hand down on Chris's arm for support, grabbing a fistful of his shirt.
"Easy, easy.." Chris gently said.
"Lexi you okay?" Haley came rushing over, her voice kicking into over protective mode. Chris carefully brought his younger cousin over to the pink couch , shooing Paisely and Pamela out of the way.
"Yeah I'm fine...I'm fine." She sat down and pushed her hair out of her face. It never failed, whenever she used her powers to travel back into the past, it drained her energy. That's why Alexia only used it for emergencies. She has to concentrate on a particular object or person, and transports s herself into their memories. If it's an object, she can see where the object has been or who has used it.
Wyatt walked up to her and handed her a glass of water, "Here drink this."
"Thanks" Lexi grabbed the glass and took a little sip.
"Well Junior you were right," Lexi brought the glass to her lips and drank again, "We did deal with Creepy Serpent Man."
"I knew it." Junior crossed his arms and cocked a smile at his cousins, who had doubted him earlier. Paisely rolled her eyes, "Do you want a biscuit." Junior shot her a look.
"It was the day we were attacked in the living room before our Sunday dinner."
"Oh yeah I remember now, Aunt Piper went ballistic. But I don't remember seeing Serpentis...or 'Creepy Serpent Man' " Haley said plopping down on the pink couch besides Alexia.
"Well maybe that had something to do with you bleeding to death all over the floor, Wyatt wouldn't remember because he was unconscious thanks to his demonic girlfriend and Chris was fighting demons."
"Demonic girlfriend..." Macey raised an eyebrow and looked pointedly at Wyatt.
"Hey on my defense, she was not a demon...she was possessed by a demon." Wyatt held up hands.
"Pft..she was still weird." Haley said out of the side of her mouth.
"Whatever happened to her anyway?" Somer went over to the couch and sat down, pulling Alexia onto her lap.
"I don't really know, Aunt Phoebe got a premonition and realized she was innocent, and then the aunts found her wandering around the underworld alone. THey used memory dust on her but she never really spoke to me afterwards. Her family moved away not long after that too." Wyatt explained as he wrapped his arms around Macey's small body, kissing her on the cheek as he spoke. "So Serpentis was behind that the entire time huh....that bastard"
"Well...while you guys were all fighting, Creepy Serpent Man appeared with those red eyes and picked up the demonic girlfriend..."Alexia paused and smiled at Wyatt "He looked right at Aunt Paige. She tried hitting him with an energy ball but he did this weird thingy with his hand and it disappeared. Then he smiled, picked up the girl and vanished again with his eyes." Alexia looked around the room, feeling rather important that her older cousins had asked her to help out, but trying not to show too much excitement.
"I told you we should've just asked Mom." Paisely poked her elbow into Juniors side.
"And I told you I didn't want to worry her." Junior poked back.
"When does she not worry." Paisely answered back.
"Thanks Lex, anything else you can tell us?" Chris asked Alexia, ignoring the bickering.
"No that's pretty much it....except," Somer was running her fingers through Alexia's long brown hair, "things haven't really changed much. You older guys are always doing your own thing, then the other four are always doing their own thing, and I'm always being left behind." Lexi pouted and crossed her arms. Somer pulled Alexia into a tight hug and couldn't help but laugh.
"You're the baby Lex, we all love you!" Somer planted a kiss on Alexia's cheek.
"It's still not fair." Alexia kept her arms folded around her chest.
"Lex, I should really take you back home, It's late and you have a big day tomorrow." Haley stood up.
"Oh my gosh thats right! You're starting high school tomorrow! Aw I remember my first day" Macey smiled as recalled the memories.
"High school? I thought you were starting 5th grade tomorrow?" Junior asked, pretending to sound confused.
Alexia smiled, Junior always teased her about her grade and age, "Junior you know I was in 7th grade last year. I'm starting 8th grade tomorrow." Alexia giggled.
"Wait a minute...at the high school?" Now Junior really was confused.
"Yes moron highschool." Paisely rolled her eyes, "Gosh where the hell have you been, they moved the eighth grade into the highschool last year." Paisely stared at her brother.
"Woah Thing 1, what's eating you?" Haley asked Paisely as she felt a wave a emotion roll off the elder twin's body.
"Haha leave her, she's just mad she's not at that party tonight. She didn't get invited Baahahaha" Junior held his stomach as he obnoxiously laughed and pointed at his younger sister.
"Gosh SHUT UP JUNIOR!" Paisely threw up her hands at her brother and ice shot out from her fingertips. It hit Junior's pointer finger and traveled slowly down his hand, encasing it in ice.
"Ouch!"
"Will you two quit it!" Pamela held up her hands and fire shot out from her fingertips, melting the ice that had formed on Junior's hand. "It never ends with you two, and to think I'm the youngest"
Macey was laughing, there was never a dull moment with the Halliwells. "Wait is that why Mel and Marie aren't here?"
"Yes." Paisely responded , still sounding annoyed, "It's the senior bonfire at the beach, no underclassmen allowed." She grumbled.
"Oh yeah Mel mentioned something about that earlier." Wyatt walked across the attic towards the book and read up some more about Serpentis, soaking in the information he had just discovered about the demon that had been following Macey earlier that day.
"Yeah, it's the last night for them to go wild before school."
"Oh, No Mel said she wouldn't drink." Wyatt said without looking up as he flipped through the pages. The twins shared a look. Somer and Macey shared a look as well, trying to hide smiles.
"Yeah Marie said the same thing, she has school tomorrow, it's her first day. She know's better than to drink." Haley walked over and put her hand on Lexi's shoulder. "Let's get you home kiddo."
"Oh alright." Alexia waved goodbye to everyone and blew kisses.
"I'll meet you in the parking lot tomorrow so I can show you around okay Lexi" Pamela said as she planted a kiss on her cousins forhead.
"Mmkay. Night everyone!" They girls hearted out.
"We're heading out too, we have to get ready for tomorrow" The twins orbed out.
"That's my cue too, Mace would you mind orbing me home?" Somer asked.
"Yeah of course, it's on my way." Macey turned and gave a goodnight kiss to Wyatt. "Bye baby I'll see you tomorrow."
Wyatt smiled and pulled her in for one more kiss, "Night babe"
"You three, no more snooping around the underworld alright! Tomorrow is a new day you can start again in the morning....night guys!"The girls orbed out and only the Halliwell men were left in the attic.
Wyatt looked at his younger brother and cousin, "Shall we?"
"Yes babe," Junior answered in a girly voice. Chris laughed and Wyatt walked over and grabbed Junior in a light chokehold before the three of them orbed out of the attic as well.
"CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!" Shouts echoed across the beach as the seniors of San Francisco High all gathered around a keg, chanting and cheering on the girl who was currently doing a keg stand.
"Woo! That's my cousin!" Melinda shouted and clung onto the arm of one of the onlookers who just smiled and reveled at the fact that one of the hottest girls in the school was talking to him.
"Go Marie!" Melinda stumbled, spilling the contents of her red cup all over the boy. "Oops." She curtly smiled.
There was a sudden flash of red and blue lights, and the unmistakable sound of police sirens were heard blaring down the beach towards them.
"Cops! Party over!" People scattered everywhere. there was a mad dash to leave. Everyone dropped their cups and other illegal substances and ran in every direction.
"Mel!" Marie shouted and held her hand out. Melinda ran over and the two girls sprinted. They ran as fast they could considering their intoxication level.
"Go behind those rocks!" Everyone was running away from the ocean, but the girls ran straight towards it, looking for a place where they could heart out.
They ran and crouched behind rocks, the sounds of police men not far behind.
"It's clear. Heart heart heart!" Melinda slapped Marie's hand and the two disappeared with a faint pink glow.
They landed with a on the floor of Melinda's messy bedroom. The girls looked at each other, their hearts racing, there hair a tangled mess, beer stains on their shirts and they erupted in laughter.
"Oh my god that was soo much fun. I hope everyone got away." Melinda crawled on the floor and inched over towards her bed.
"My buzz is almost gone." She sadly noted.
Marie laughed and stood up trying to keep her balance, "Mines not. I need my bed. I'll see you tomorrow Mel."
"Wait, who was that hottie you were hooking up!" Melinda asked as got out of her beer stained clothes.
"Tomorrow" Marie smiled and hearted out of the room as Melinda called after her, "No fair!"
Marie appeared in the middle of her dark bedroom. Her lights were off and she stumbled over something on the floor.
She silently cursed herself and felt around for the light switch. She flipped it up.
"Late night huh?"
Marie stopped dead in her tracks and stood rooted to the spot. She slowly turned around to face the person who had caught her sneaking back in.