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Chapter Nine

The Carnival

Danny's bedroom, Fenton Workz, Amity Park, Indiana

Sam's POV

I waited. And waited. And waited. It seemed like an eternity before somehow, I was in Danny's arms. I buried my face in his chest, and tried to stop the tears from coming.

I don't know why I'm crying. I really don't. Maybe I'm just in shock. I mean, it's not everyday that your sister's boyfriend kissed you and made you forget your own boyfriend. If I never hated Seth before, I officially despise him now.

And Paulina was officially heart broken. I swear I almost heard her heart split into two once she saw what happened in my head. But I wouldn't feel bad for Seth if she broke up with him.

But the thing is, she wasn't going to break up with him.

"What?" I yelled, letting go of Danny and glaring at Paulina. "What do you mean you're not going to break up with him? This is serious, Paulina. What if next time you find him sleeping with Star? I don't want him to hurt you, Paulina."

She shook her head, and took a deep breath. "I know you just want me to be happy, but I'll talk to Seth first. Maybe he'll have an explanation. And I swear to you, Sam, the next time he starts fooling around, I'm dumping him."

All the tears that wouldn't come froze in my eyes. I couldn't believe this.

"I'm sorry, but…" Paulina's sentence drifted off, and she was deep in thought. I saw everything that ran through her head. Oh, no.

She slept with him. She gave up her virginity to that bastard.

"He's not a bastard, Sam," Paulina said, slightly angry. "Maybe he was just confused. I don't know, I think I'm confused myself. I need time to think."

I nodded. There was no point in arguing with Paulina when she was in this state. It was obvious that she was hurt, but it was more obvious that she's head-over-heels about him too. And I know she was more upset than I am.

"Want me to orb you home?" I asked, meaning the Manson mansion so she could think.

"Okay," she said, but before I could think of my house, she quickly said, "But to the Manor. To the Halliwell Manor."

I nodded. And then, with one snap of my fingers, she disappeared in those white-blue lights.

I turned back to Danny, having calmed down a bit. When I looked up at his eyes, they had turned a flaring green. Once he saw my confused face, he said through clenched teeth, "I am going to kill him."


Attic, Halliwell Manor, San Francisco, California

Phoebe's POV

"Okay," I said as the bowl blew up. "Somebody should get a manual, because apparently Piper lost her touch in making potions."

Piper glared, and got back to cleaning up the mess she made. We were in the attic of the Manor, looking for any information in the Book about a wizard. Pamela and Jeremy were staying over, and now they were out to buy stuff to make for dinner.

"Hey, there it is!" Billie yelled excitedly. She was standing in front of the Book, and she stopped at one page. Billie was in charge of searching for any information there is about wizards in the Book, and apparently she succeeded. About time.

"Finally," I said, getting up and running over to her. "You found a page about wizards?"

Once I was by her side, my smile faded into frown.

"No," Billie said, shoving a magazine into my face. "I finally found this dress. I saw it on TV once, and was dying to find out where to get it. And here it is! Can someone pass me the phone?"

I rolled my eyes. Billie might as well have been Paulina's twin sister instead of Sam.

And speaking of the two twins…

"Hey, Paige," I said, getting Paige's attention from where she was helping Piper clean up on the floor. "Did the Elders say anything about who should receive the Whitelighter powers?"

"Well," Paige said, getting up and dusting her clothes. "They were considering Sam, of course. But some Angel descended on them and told them to wait before they give the powers to Sam. I think she was the Angel of Destiny. So now they're waiting."

I sighed. What could possibly stop Sam from having her powers? Everybody knows it just can't be Paulina, since she has none of the Whitelighter Powers. On the other hand, Sam is definitely the one getting them. The whole 'Angel of Destiny' thing just confused me.

I felt another presence in the house. The aura of the person seemed sad, almost like the gray colour of the street pavement. I couldn't know who it was; I have never seen sorrow in anyone I knew. All I knew is that it came from Paulina's bedroom. And yet, I didn't think it might be Paulina since she has no reason to be sad.

"Be right back," I told the others, and then headed towards Paulina's room. When I opened the door, Paulina was there. She was sitting on her bed, staring straight ahead, her face pale and her eyes red, as if she was crying. And the tears on her cheeks said that she had been crying.

"Paulina?" I said, sitting down on the bed next to her. "Are you okay?"

She shook her head. "Yeah, I guess. Just…"

And then everything came tumbling out.


The park, Amity Park, Indiana

Sam's POV

That Friday night

I sighed. Danny, Tucker and I were at the carnival that was being held at the park. We were currently sitting on one of the park benches, waiting for Charlie, Tucker's date.

Earlier that week, I asked Mr. Lancer to assign me with a different partner in History. Thankfully, Paulina was happy to give up Becky, one of the nice people in the popular crew. I don't know how, but Paulina and Seth made up.

Paulina had told all about Seth to the Halliwells – and Billie – and each one of them gave her advice. She went with Phoebe's, of course, and not only because she owns an advice column either. See, Piper said to dump him, Billie said use him like he used you, Paige shrugged, saying "As long as you really like him, then stay with him". Even Leo wasn't helpful. Phoebe said to test him.

"Test him? What does that mean?" Paulina had asked, wiping a tear off her face. Phoebe made a plan with her that she'd bring any cute girl with a nice ass to talk to Seth and see whether he starts flirting or not. Paulina made over ten girls talk to him, and so far he's loyal.

I couldn't believe it though. And when Paulina made Seth talk to me, he actually apologized for kissing me. He said that he had taken drugs – not that kind of drugs, he was suffering some kind of pain in his arms, and he needed marihuana – and as if I was going to believe that. I'm still watching him closely, and so far, he's not doing anything wrong.

There's still something weird going on with Paulina, though. I mean, she was back to normal, but she was acting pretty strange. And I don't think her sudden interest in scarves can give me the answer. And lately, she's been blocking her head from me. It's getting really frustrating.

"So," Tucker said, looking around until his eyes rested on me and Danny. "Does anyone see Charlie? She said she'd meet me here at seven o'clock. And it's 7:22 already."

"Tucker, I know what you're thinking," I said, flashing him a reassuring smile. "But there is no way Charlie will stand you up on the first date. And besides, she seems friendly, even for a girl who instantly blended in with the popular crew."

Danny nodded. "Yeah," he said, giving our intertwined hands a squeeze. "Don't sweat it, Tuck. Maybe she's just running late with her dress or something."

That could be an option. Because I ran a little late because of my dress too.

Hey, don't look at me like that. Yeah, okay, I, Sam Manson – aka, Pamela Halliwell – was wearing a dress. In my defense, it was Phoebe and Billie who encouraged me into wearing it. It was special to them, because it was our older – dead – sister's, Prue.

But I have to say, it does look nice. The dress was black, and it reached my knees, which had silvery threads dangling from it. It had sleeves that were slim, and they lay on my shoulders. It had a V-neck, but it wasn't tight like Paulina's. And I also had to wear a black leather jacket and black tights because of the cold, matching that with boots – not my combat boots – but high heeled black ones that Billie happily loaned me. I also wore makeup, but not too much. Billie insisted on mascara, and I had to give in after her millions of pleas. She also insisted on making me wear light pink lipstick. Now when I look at the mirror, my eyes stood out.

The others said I looked adorable, and the same word escaped Danny's lips when he saw me too.

I still believe that the term is stunning, I heard a faint voice say in my head. I was about to let Paulina's mind open to me, but then she blocked it again. Oh, Paulina and I were okay, but I still think that she's hiding something from me. And her instant blocking wasn't really helping.

Finally, Charlie arrived, wearing a green dress. Now that dress was tight. It was a bit similar to Paulina's, except that the sleeves were long. It reached until her knees, and it was dangling freely instead of hugging her legs like Paulina's. When the V-neck reached her shoulders, the sleeves were joined by gold clips, probably diamonds, and she was wearing a veil to cover her arms. She was wearing high heeled gold stilettos, and was holding a gold purse. Her hair was down on her shoulders, the green went well with the orange colour of her hair.

"Hey, guys," she said, walking up to us. She smiled a dazzling smile, showing off her perfectly white teeth and pink lips. "Sorry I'm late, but this dress wasn't easy to get into."

Tucker was struck. His eyes were wide, and he was staring at Charlie up to down. I knew what he was thinking. Is that my date, or is Dash pulling a prank on me? How can me date be that hot?

"Hey, Charlie," I said, shaking Tucker before he could faint. "Nice dress."

"Thanks," she said, grinning further. "You too."

I smiled, and grabbed Danny's hand. I pulled him off the bench, and winked at Tucker.

"Hey," Danny said when we were far from them. "I wanted to see him crash and burn."

"Aw, come on," I said, leading him to a place far from the rest of the carnival behind a tree. "Leave the guy alone. He seems to really like her. Besides, it's not fair that you get the girl and he doesn't."

"Well, can I show this girl how much I love her?" he asked, and then his arms were on the tree behind me, capturing me between them. I smiled, and then his lips were on mine. Now, those are lips that I would like to be on mine, not some blond guy's.

After a while of talking – scratch that, making out – Danny and I headed back to the carnival hand-in-hand.

"I gotta go to the Ladies' room," I told him. "See ya in a while."

We shared one last kiss, and I started heading to the stall they installed for the carnival.

I entered the one for the girls, and it was empty. Well, Paulina was there, I hardly call that empty.

"Hey," I said, coming to where she was fixing her hair and makeup in front of the sinks where a large mirror was put. "How's it going?"

She was wearing her red dress, the one Seth instantly made out with her wearing it. But instead of a short sleeved jacket, the sleeves were long, and she was wearing a black scarf that covered her neck.

"Everything's great," she said dreamily, applying lip gloss on her pursed red lips. "Seth and I are having the best time."

"Oh, Seth," I said, his name making me uncomfortable. I got out lipstick from my purse myself, as it was ruined from all the making out Danny and I had. I was starting to think that maybe he was walking around with pink shining on his lips. After applying lipstick, I looked over at Paulina. She was fixing her scarf, and as she took a bit of it off, I saw a bruise on her shoulder.

"Hey," I said, looking at it intently. "What's that?"

I lowered her red jacket from her shoulder, and under the bruise, there were more, and scars and scratches. Once she felt my touch, she instantly twitched away from me, pulling her jacket back on her shoulder.

"What are you doing?" she said in an angry voice. She was too angry to realize that she was revealing a part of her neck, and that part had scratches and blood stained scars on it. Not to mention two little corresponding holes at the bottom of her neck.

"Oh my God, Paulina," I said, getting angry myself. "What happened to you?"

"It's none of your business, Sam," she said as she pulled her scarf quickly so it hid her neck.

"Was it – was it a demon?" I asked, steadying myself for what might be coming. What kind of demon would do so many injuries to Paulina before she could blow them up?

"Well, no, I mean yes, I mean –" she was frustrated to find the right words.

And then it all came clear to me.

The reason why she blocked my head, the reason why she's been acting a bit weird around me whenever I mentioned how Seth was doing. It all came down to one word.

"Seth?" I asked with venom in my voice. "Seth did this to you, didn't he? It was him; I can see it in your eyes."

"You know what?" she said, turning to face me with angry eyes. "This is none of your business Sam, okay? –"

"None of my business?" I asked in disbelief. "You're my sister, and sisters are supposed to look out for each other. And when your sister has bruises and scratches all over her body and it was her boyfriend who tried to kiss her sister who did it, then it is my business, Paulina. Don't you dare say that this isn't any of my business."

"I will," she said, her nose touching mine. Her eyes were fierce, and for one second, she let her guard down, and I saw through her head. One second was enough to find out everything. And the truth was, it was Seth who did this to her. But I couldn't pick up how he did those things either than they were either sleeping together or that he was kissing her neck. The rest was… blurred.

She walked out of the bathroom, and I started running behind her. We weren't finished with this.

But when I walked out, she was gone.

I saw Danny talking to Chris, one of the guys we met in P.E, and at the sight of me, he shooed him off and came running to me.

"Hey," he said, and once he saw my anger, his smile faded. "What? What happened? Are you okay?"

"Danny, something is wrong with Paulina," I said, getting right to the point. "There are bruises and scratches and scars all over her body, and she didn't even listen to me when I tried to tell her this was wrong."

"Do you know who did it?" he asked, his face serious, folding his arms across his chest. "A demon or a ghost, maybe?"

"Oh, it's worse. It was Seth."

"What?"

"I know, we'd been blind. We thought he was getting better after seeing his progress, but in that progress he was doing that to Paulina. And now she's too furious to talk to me."

At that, I saw a glimpse of yellow behind Danny. I looked over his shoulder, and saw Seth, leaning casually against a tree. Danny looked where I was looking, and his blue eyes turned to venomous green.

"It's okay," I said, turning his head so I can look into his eyes that turned back blue. "I'll go. I'll force an explanation out of him. And if he gives me the same drugs explanation he'll be pinned mysteriously against the tree with a strange fire exploding from his chest."

Danny couldn't help smiling at that. "Will you be okay?" he said, serious again.

I nodded, and gave him a peck on the lips before I started walking towards Seth. When I was close to him, he started walking away from the tree, and out of the park. I might as well see what he's up to.

So that's how I ended following him all the way across town silently, making sure he couldn't hear me. But that was difficult to do with high heels. So – please forgive me Billie – I took off the heels from the boots, and stuffed them into my purse. Now that was better.

I followed him all the way until he reached the Old Temple at the end of Amity Park. That freaked me out. What would he be doing in the Old Temple?

He took noisy steps into it, and I realized that footsteps echoed in this place. So I waited until Seth was out of my sight, and started to walk as silently as I could in the Temple. It wasn't a large place; it was much similar to any dance studio. Except it didn't have mirrors like a dance studio. It had many pillars holding it up, and a few windows on some sides. It wasn't that dark, the windows showed a little light from the moon and the stars.

I remembered this place instantly. This was the place I defeated my first demon in trying to protect Danny. Kinda think of it, it was the first time I used my powers to beat someone and it was the first time I used my powers in front of Danny.

And now, believe it or not, Seth was nowhere in sight.

I didn't even think that might be possible. The only hiding place here was if you were small enough like me you could hide behind the pillars. And there was no way a guy as built as Seth could fit there.

But as I walked through the room, and looked behind every pillar a crossed, Seth wasn't behind any of them.

I reached the end of the room, and the only sound I heard was the sound of my footsteps and my breathing.

"Well, well, well," a voice too familiar said from behind me. "What do we have here?"

I abruptly whirled around, only to find Seth standing there, his hands in his pockets casually, a smirk on his face.

"Seth," I said, suddenly afraid. I don't know why, but the look in his black eyes frightened me. But I kept my pounding heart in silence, and said in confidence. "What are you doing here?"

"I was about to ask the same thing," Seth said, and then his smirk turned into a smile as he took two steps toward me. I hid my arms behind my back, secretly taking out pepper spray out of my purse. "I didn't think you were the stalker type."

"Cut the crap, Seth, what have you done to Paulina?" I said, getting right to it, completely ignoring his statement. "I saw her bruised and scratched all over her body and I know it was you who did that to her."

"Wow, Sam," he said, taking one step closer to me. Now, he was inches away from me. "You're smarter than I thought. I always thought you don't have to be pretty to be smart, and Paulina is one example."

"If you think she's stupid then why did you go out with her?" I said calmly, looking straight into those eyes full of darkness.

"Well, I was doing it to get to you," he said, smiling. I couldn't retain the gasp that build up in me. Seth starting leaning in again, and before he could kiss me again, I sprayed the pepper spray into his eyes.

I ran. Fast. I was away from him with almost more than fifty feet after he regained his sight again. But then before I knew it, he landed from the sky in front of me, and I stopped running. Before I could even twitch, he was holding me by my neck, his lips drawn back from his lips to snarl. And that's when I saw it.

He had fangs.

He threw me hard to the side of the room, and I let out a shriek. I stopped flying when my head hit one of the pillars. I hit the ground with a grunt, feeling pain shoot through the place where my head hit the wall. I placed my hand over my head where it hurt most, and felt something liquid. Once I brought my hand back in front of my face, blood was covering it.

He was beside in a blink of an eye. His hand held my wrist, and he sniffed the blood on my hand.

"Never fool me like that again," he said in a low, dangerous voice. Now everything was clear to me. The black eyes, the way he was able to control me and Paulina and a lot of other people, why he never ate at lunch, and those two marks at the side of Paulina's neck. And let's not forget the sniffing he did on the first day. He was planning this the moment he saw me. It made me sick.

He was a vampire.

"Now you know," he said, smiling though everything should make you cry.

"Get. Away. From me." I said through gritted teeth, trying to numb the pain that came from the back of my head.

He smiled again, and then he leaned in.

I thought he was going to kiss me again. But I was wrong. God, if there anything I was, I was wrong. And frightened.

His lips landed on my throat, and then his lips parted, his teeth crushing through the veins in my throat, making me scream.


A/N: DUN DUN DUUUNNNNN! Okay, so I gotta say: WASN'T THAT AWESOME! I had SO much fun writing it, and as some people say, authors LOVE making their favourite character suffer! And don't you think this clears things up a bit? I mean, hasn't anyone been wondering HOW Paulina ended up forgiving him? And if I remember correctly, he sniffed on the first day when he was choosing to sit beside either Sam or Paulina, remember? And some of you were all like "I thought he was hitting on Sam?" when he kissed Paulina, but yeah, he was using her to get to our little Charmed One here. XD

Okay, so I think this was an AWESOME chapter (That's what I say anyways :P) So YOU guys be awesome too and REVIEW!