Chapter 10
Phoebe lay in her bed asleep when she was suddenly startled awake by a ringing of an alarm clock. She gave a confused look to her bedroom wall. She had heard that ringing before. Hell it has been four years since she had heard it. It was her big sister Peyton's alarm clock. She had a dorm room didn't she? Suddenly it all came back to her and she had to suck in a breath.
"When am I going to wake up?" Phoebe whispered to herself as she laid back down on her bed with a frustrated sigh. She felt so tired and her eyes seemed sore. She really couldn't remember a hell of a lot from the day before. Phoebe went to the mirror and fixed herself up. Before going downstairs to the kitchen. Perry glanced at her.
"Do you want a coffee?" Perry asked her little sister with a slightly lightened tone as Phoebe nodded her head for some coffee. Perry got a cup and filled it with steaming hot coffee before passing it to her little sister.
"A Perry for your thoughts." Perry asked her little sister in a slightly questioning tone. Phoebe looked up at her big sister with a slightly wavered smile. It was their own personal joke. And it had been since Perry were twelve. Phoebe looked at her again.
"Everything's fine Perry. I have the day off school for the long weekend and everything is fine." Phoebe told her big sister with a fake peppy smile plastered all over her face. She just hoped that it would work against her sister's ever lasting power of intuition and empathy.
"Pheebs, if something's up then you need to tell me. And you can tell Peyton too. It's our job to take care of you, Phoebe. Let us in." Perry told her baby sister as she let her big sister intuition come over her. She knew in her heart that something was definitely wrong with her little sister. Phoebe looked up at her again.
"I always do, Perry. And it's not your job to take care of me. Or Peyton's job. You heard what Phoebe said. We have to work together. That means equal care of each other." Phoebe told her big sister as she tried to get it across to the elder witch that she wasn't a baby. She didn't need to babied by her big sisters. Especially after what had happened in the past.
"Not going to happen baby sis. We love you way to much to not take care of you. Just ask Peyton." Perry told her baby sister with a smile as she told her sister the truth of how she and Peyton felt about the youngest Halliwell. Phoebe shook her head as she let the tears fall again.
"I think that you two should probably not want to take care of me Perry. That's how people usually die." Phoebe yelled at her big sister with fear and agony as she felt her heart break at saying these words aloud. Perry looked at her sister in shock and fear unable to say anything.
"What? Phoebe Ann Halliwell! You do not think for one second that mom and the aunts died because of you. Because they didn't kiddo." A voice yelled as both teens turned to see their very pissed off big sister. Peyton looked to her sister with fear. She didn't want Phoebe to do anything rash on account of her. Phoebe turned to glare at her.
"Yes they did! Mom bound our powers before I was born. I fought with mom every single day. Hell I had a fight with her before she died. It is my fault." Phoebe yelled at her big sister in anger as she tried to get it across to the older woman that it was her fault. She knew it in her heart that it was her own fault. Even if Peyton didn't.
"No Phoebe it's not. Unless that demon was after you then you didn't kill them." Peyton yelled at her baby sister in anger that Phoebe was even thinking of blaming herself for the deaths of her mother and Aunts. Phoebe went to retort when a familiar pull came over her.
Phoebe sat on the love seat in the conservatory as she studied away as a demon shimmered in behind her unknown. The demon then went to throw an energy ball at the young Halliwell when he felt a sharp pain as his arms was blown apart. The demon shimmered away before his scream could reach the teen. Phoebe then turned to find her mother and Aunts.
"Oh my god, Aunt Prissy. Aunt Pam what are you guys doing here?" the teen asked as the two witches just nodded her head. The vision then shifted to the lounge.
"Great idea, but I think I'll be vanquishing you first witches." A menacing voice growled as the three witches looked up to see three oncoming fireballs. All three women hearted out and reappeared as the fire hit the couch. Priya summoned her fire power but before she had the chance to threw it at the demon sent an energy ball to the witch killing her instantly as she turned to ash.
"Priya!" Prissy screamed as Priya was incinerated. Prissy flicked her wrists and the demon but nothing happened. They weren't working. She noticed Pamela wave her hand sending an athame to the demon but he grabbed the knife and sent a telekinetic force which made Pamela go flying as she flew to the wall.
"Oh my god Pam!" Prissy screamed again as she ran to her big sister. She bent down to see if her sister was truly dead. She tried to feel for a pulse but there was none. She looked up at the smirking demon and growled. She was about to use her powers when he created a fireball.
"No!" Prissy screamed as the demon embedded the knife into her heart. Killing her. The demon smirked with laughter. He had finally killed the Charmed Ones. Something no other demon had done before. He then took one more look around before disappearing the way he came leaving three dead witches in his wake.
Phoebe gasped as she came out of the premonition which revealed all of her thoughts. She turned to look at her sister's with a sickening feeling in her stomach.
"I knew it was my fault. My premonition just told me that." Phoebe whispered in a sickening voice as she ran up the stairs to the bathroom and puked Peyton and Perry ran after their little sister. Peyton paused as Perry began comforting the young teenager.
"Phoebe it wasn't your fault. Your premonition is wrong." Perry tried to convince her baby sister with a smile as she tried to keep herself from breaking down. She couldn't believe that all of this was happening.
"Don't you dare patronize me; I know what I saw." Phoebe yelled at her big sister as she let the tears trail down her eyes. Perry took a step back from her little sister. Peyton however walked over to her sister and pulled her into a hug. She held on as Phoebe struggled.
"Phoebe I don't really care what you saw but I can tell you without a doubt that this wasn't your fault." Peyton spoke as she tried to comfort the young teenager. She had to it was her job. And she didn't believe that Phoebe was to blame for the deaths of their mother and Aunts.
"But it was. I had the vision. I saw it." Phoebe called out to her big sister as she staggered out of her embrace. She didn't want to be near her sister's when she had just killed their mother and Aunts. Peyton sighed. She had to do something.
"Okay let me try something.
Power of the mind
Power of the heart
Return any memories
That have been forgotten.
To these Charmed three.
Sucky spell but it could work." Peyton said as they all felt a brightness hit them and encircle their heads. Peyton held her head as visions came to all three of the girls.
"Momma look what I can do." A little girl called out as she created a ball of water and used her telekinesis to threw it into the sink.
"Wow, that is great Peyton. My own little water baby." A woman spoke out to the tiny child with a smile as she looked at her. She was so proud of her little baby girl for everything she was doing.
"I don't just do water Mommy." Peyton spoke as she levitated into the air in front of her mother. Priya smiled as she pulled the small child into her arms.
"I know sweetheart. Your powers are amazing baby girl. And so are Perry's." Priya told the little girl as she walked into the kitchen with a smile as she took some cookies out of the oven.
"Mommy do you think that Phoebe will be like me and Perry. Cause I can make water. Perry can make shocks and big bangs." The little six year old asked her mother with innocence only a six year old could pull off.
"I am sure that Phoebe will be just as good at using her powers as you and Perry, Peyton." Priya spoke to her eldest daughter just as the vision shifted to another view.
"Don't cry Mommy. Me and Perry will look after you and the baby." the small girl told her mother with innocence and strength that no seven year old should have to show. Priya smiled at the child as she picked her up into her arms.
"My precious Peyton, you are such a good girl you know. And I am so sorry baby." Priya told the small child in her arms as she hugged her close to herself. Prissy and Pam looked at her with a gasp of shock and concern for their nieces. As Peyton just looked at her mother confused.
"Why are you sorry Pre? Priya why are you sorry." Pam asked her sister trying not to show her fears to the elder woman. Or the child. She was scared for her nieces. Mostly because Priya never apologized to her girls. Not ever. She always had to be right. Priya looked at her sisters.
"After the baby's born, I am going to bind their powers." Priya told them all with an emotionless tone as she stared out to the lake. Peyton shrugged out of her mother's arms. She looked at her mother in anger as the two women gasped again in shock not expecting that.
"Mom, you can't do that. We need our powers. You know that we do." Peyton yelled at her mother in anger at the very thought of being powerless. She didn't want to lose her powers. Or have Perry and the baby lose their powers either. They needed them. Priya looked sternly at her child.
"Yeah, Pre I agree with the squirt. In our family your girls need to have their powers. Otherwise what happened to Lena, Patty and Psyche will happen to them. And you know that I am right." Prissy yelled at her big sister in anger as she thought about how bad this could be for the girls. She knew that they were the Charmed Ones. Priya turned to glare at her baby sister.
"No, P, that will happen if they stay witches. And Peyton Prudence Halliwell, don't you dare argue with me young lady. Am I clear?" Priya told the little girl in a strict voice as she stared down the little girl. Peyton stared up at her mom but nodded her head at her mother.
"Yes mom. But that doesn't need to mean that I agree. I'm going to go home and see Perry." Peyton spoke to her mother in a dejected voice as the three women looked at the child with sadness. Priya gave her a kiss on the head before the child disappeared in a bright pink heart. Priya looked away from where her child was and put a hand on her rounded belly. Just as it shifted for the second time.
A seven year old Peyton was walking into the living room when suddenly a scary looking person appeared in the room. Peyton screamed just as Priya appeared and threw a fireball at the demon killing it.
A four year old Perry was playing with her cousin Piper when a demon shimmered in and threw an energy ball at Perry when Piper froze the demon.
"Mommy theirs a demon in the house." Piper called out as the older three women ran out and said a spell as the demon blew to pieces leaving Perry crying.
A five year old Phoebe was playing with one of her toys when a demon shimmered in attacked her. Priya walked in to find her baby on the floor bloody with a demon in front of her. Priya sent a fireball at it and then it blew up as Priya ran to the child. Just as a nine year old Perry and a twelve year old Peyton did.
A fifteen year old Phoebe sat on the love seat in the conservatory as she studied away as a demon shimmered in behind her unknown. The demon then went to throw an energy ball at the young Halliwell when he felt a sharp pain as his arms was blown apart. The demon shimmered away before his scream could reach the teen. Phoebe then turned to find her mother and Aunts.
"Oh my god, Aunt Prissy. Aunt Pam what are you guys doing here?" the teen asked as the two witches just nodded her head.
All three girls gasped as the last vision of the past hit them. Peyton let out a small gasp as she looked at her sisters. She saw the look of pain and fear in Phoebe's eyes. Peyton walked over and pulled Phoebe into a tight embrace. She had nearly lost her baby sister ten years ago. And their was probably more than times than that over the years.
"Oh my god sweetie I love you so much my darling. I love you Pheebs." Peyton whispered to her baby sister as she pulled the small teen into her arms. Perry looked at them slightly as Peyton drew one of her arms out to pull Perry into the hug.
"It's all going to be okay. Phoebe, you did not kill our mother. She was doing her job by protecting you. I don't blame you." Peyton whispered into her baby sister's long dark brown hair with a sad smile. Perry let go of her own stray tears as she clung on to her sisters. They needed each other.
"Peyton's right little one. You, me and Peyton meant the world to mom. She loved us more than anything and she would never give us up. She would never blame you. Not ever." Perry whispered to her sister in pain as she let the tears run down her eyes. Phoebe just shrugged as she pulled closer to her big sisters.
"We'll get through this Phoebe. I promise. The power of three. Charmed together." Peyton spoke to her with a smile as she hugged her sisters closer to her. She needed them so much. Phoebe let out a sigh as she gripped her big sisters even more tightly than she thought possible. They needed each other. She knew that.
"Thank you Peyton. Perry. I really needed that." Phoebe whispered to her big sisters as she stopped crying. Peyton reluctantly pulled away from her sisters as she looked straight to Phoebe with a hafe smile.
"Sweetie, I am so sorry. I wish that I could stay here with you but I have to get to class. I'll be back soon. And Perry will be here for a while." Peyton told the little girl in front of her with a slight frown. She wished so much that she didn't have to. She wanted to stay with her sister. Actually she needed to see her sisters. Phoebe nodded her head.
"I'll be fine. If you have to get to class then you have to get to class. I have to get ready for school anyway or Paige will worry." Phoebe told both of her little sisters with a fake smile as she looked away from them. Peyton gave her a concern glance as she turned to see that Perry was doing the exact same as her.
"Phoebe I could call your teachers and tell them that you won't be in today. I mean you don't look like you need school right now." Peyton told the youngster with a small smile as she tried to be strong for her. And if Phoebe wasn't up for school then Peyton was most definitely not going to make her. Especially not after that breakdown.
"No, I need to go to school. And Perry you need to check out some hot guy." Phoebe told her sister with a small smile as she changed the subject. She was more than happy to create a situation for Perry and keep the attention off of her. Perry glared at her as Peyton rose her eyebrows in curiosity.
"What hot guy? I didn't meet any hot guys." Perry asked with her even glare as she looked irritably to her little sister. Peyton watched both girls with mild amusement as Phoebe smirked at her sister. She knew that bringing up the hottie that seemed to be plaguing Perry's mind would do the trick. It always did.
"You liar. You met him the day we vanquished Riley and if you don't stop thinking about him and go to him then I swear to god that I will got to him and get him for myself." Phoebe responded to her sister with a renewed confidence. She knew that she had well and truly switched the attention on herself towards her sister. Perry then growled at her.
"You wouldn't be his type Pheebs. I mean he seemed to like girls like me and your not really like me." Perry told her with a smirk as she growled at her slightly pissed at the way she acted around her and the way Phoebe acted with boys. Phoebe smirked at her sister as Peyton stayed quiet while giving her sisters a smile.
"Nice save and thanks for admitting the truth P. I love you lots and I'm gonna get going. See ya big sisters." Phoebe told her big sisters with fake determination as she gave them both one quick hug before walking away from the two of them. They both looked after her with their own concern and confusion as they both frowned.
"Okay what in the hell happened there." Perry asked not quite understanding what had happened only two minutes ago. Peyton frowned as she looked to were her sister had left. She didn't understand either. But knowing her baby sister none of it could be a good thing.
"I have no idea and I don't like it. Just make sure to keep an eye on her. I'm at school all day. And talk to that guy. He sounds yummy." Peyton spoke to her little sister as she pulled Perry into a hug. Perry hugged back both unaware that they were being watched by their baby sister. Phoebe stepped back from the other Halliwells and walked up the stairs dejectedly.
"Great. Now my sisters are worried about me. There has got to be something in this book that can help." Phoebe whispered to herself in determination as she walked in the attic and over to the book of Shadows. As soon as she got close the book opened by itself and moved to a certain page. Phoebe looked at the book in shock before looking at the page in shock.
"Wow, that was so freaky. Wait a minute. Fearless spell? How in the hell is that gonna help?" Phoebe asked herself as she looked down at the spell in the book. She was about to turn the page when she stopped herself. Some of the words were exactly what she needed right now.
"Locked in, boxed in full of fear,
My panic grows manic, till I can't hear.
In need of reprieve, so I can breathe,
Remove my fear please, make it leave."
Phoebe recited the spell as a golden glow came over her body and sending shockwaves. She looked over to the book and smiled a confident smile. She was going to beat whatever came at her. She walked out of the attic and grabbed her bag before leaving for school with new determination.
Perry walked into the college and walked towards it's coffee shop. She was desperate to get her early coffee fix before she lost all hopes with reality. She had had some coffee earlier but because of Phoebe's little breakdown it was cut short.
"Hi can I get a coffee?" Perry asked with a smile to the person on the other side of the counter. She still didn't understand why she didn't just go to Charmed for her coffee fix when she could get it for free there. She turned and froze in shock and what she saw.
"Hello Persephone Halliwell, it's nice seeing you again." Nathan Baxter spoke to the nineteen year old witch at the counter as he walked over to her as Perry stormed out of the coffee shop with Nathan right behind her holding a cup of coffee and a box of food. She turned to glare at him when it looked like he wasn't going away.
"It's Perry. And I'm not sure how I feel about seeing you again. Nathan Baxter." Perry spoke with an evil glare to the man in front of her. She did not like him one bit. Well that was a total lie but he didn't need to know that. Nathan smirked at her as he caught her out.
"Well it's a good thing that you at least remember my name my name. And I know your name is Perry. I just wanted to see your reaction." Nathan told her with a cheap smile as he set his plan to charm the middle Charmed one into telling him some much needed information. He was ready to do what he was supposed to do now.
"And were you satisfied by the reaction that you got. Cause I could give you an even better one it you want." Perry growled at the man in front of her with as much hatred and anger that she could get away with without this all seeming to premeditated. Nathan smiled at her as he tried to use his Nathan Baxter charm on the witch.
"Or I could just be happy with that beautiful smile of yours Perry." Nathan spoke as he tried to charm the middle Halliwell girl into talking to him. He didn't understand why he was really starting with Perry when there was Phoebe or even Peyton to start with. But Peyton had a boyfriend right now and Phoebe was a bit to young.
"Well thanks Nathan. Now I better get going I need to get some studying done before I have to pick up my sister." Perry complained as she tried to get away from Nathan. It wasn't as if she didn't like Nathan because she did but she didn't want to prove Phoebe right. Nathan smirked at his opening into getting to Perry. He knew what to do now.
"Your sister? You have a sister. What's her name? Why do you need to pick her up?" Nathan asked as he tried to get a reaction out of the middle Charmed one. He knew that by mentioning her sister that he was definitely get a reaction out of the girl. Especially if they were talking about the youngest Halliwell.
"I need to pick her up because she is fifteen years old. She can't drive for another year yet. And her name is Phoebe. Not that it's any of your business." Perry yelled silently to Nathan as he cocked his head to the side. He had to admit he really liked this side of Persephone Halliwell. It told him a lot about her. He smiled.
"Fifteen year old Phoebe. Do you have any other sisters?" Nathan asked the witch as he tried to get as much information on her and her sisters that he could. He would need that information for future references. Perry glared at him slightly. She really didn't really want to talk about her family with the man in front of her.
"I have a big sister called Peyton. She is twenty-one. And I have no brothers. Again that's none of your business either. So how about you? Do you have a sister or a brother?" Perry quirked back to the man in front of her with a slightly ill-mannered tone that she wasn't used to hearing from her own mouth. Nathan inwardly smiled at the question knowing that he had her with that one.
"No, I don't have any family. They all died years ago." Nathan responded to the question that the witch was asking him with a small smile. Perry looked at him in sadness and devastation for having even mentioned it. She felt bad for the man since having lost the adult members of her family.
"I'm so sorry Nathan. I didn't mean to…." Perry apologised sadly to the man in front of her. She knew more than anything what it was like to lose your family and here she was bringing it up to the man like a total bitch. Nathan gave her an innocent smile. She seemed to have a thing for him.
"Its alright Perry. I lost them so long ago I hardly remember them. But the way your acting tells me that you lost someone recently. I'm sorry about that." Nathan told the woman in front of him sadly as he inwardly thanked his genius mind. Perry smiled back at the man in front of her sadly. She could at least relate to what he was saying.
"Yeah I did lose someone. The day that you and I met was the day after my mother and Aunts funeral. They died a few weeks ago. It's still kind of hard to deal with." Perry responded to the man in front of her with a small sad smile on her face. She still really missed her family. Nathan frowned sadly to the woman in front of him.
"I can understand that. Hey do you want to go out sometime? You know just to hang out. Study or something." Nathan asked the witch in front of him as he tried his hardest to get her to agree to what he was saying. Perry's smile faded as she looked over to the man in front of her. She smiled innocently to him. She really did like him but what if he was like Riley.
"Or something. Sorry but to be honest I just got out of a bad relationship. The guy has literally vanished." Perry told the man in front of her with fake sadness despite the tiny smile that was forming at the side of her mouth. Nathan inwardly smiled back knowing exactly what the girl was talking about. And he was okay with that.
"Sorry about that too. Man this must be a really bad month for you, Perry. I mean losing your mother and Aunts and then your boyfriend breaking up with you. How screwed up?" Nathan told the witch in front of him with an innocent and kind smile. He hoped to god that she would fall for what he was saying. Perry eyed him suspiciously.
"Yeah totally screwed up and it just got worse because I never told you that this all happened in the same month." Perry asked with suspicion clouding every aspect pf her voice with an edge of concern and hope. She felt like crap for questioning him the way she was. But after Riley she could only be to careful.
"Sorry I guessed. And guessing by your reaction I was right. Sorry Perry." Nathan told the witch in front o him hoping to god that he hadn't screwed up with the sisters already when he had barely even started on his job. Perry sighed as she felt like hitting herself for acting like such a bitch. When Nathan had been nothing but nice.
"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just assumed things like that. To be honest I kind of lied when I said that my mother and Aunts just died. They were actually murdered." Perry responded to the man in front of her with so much sadness. Mostly because not only this morning did she finally know the truth and see the deaths of her mother and Aunts. Nathan gave her a sad look.
"Oh my god I am so sorry Perry. Did they catch the guys that did it?" Nathan asked her with fake concern hoping to god that he could pull this one off. He truly did feel for the witch but he knew for a fact that the police would not find whoever had killed Priya, Pamela and Prisca Halliwell. The only people that could find the people that did this were to young to the craft to understand.
"Not yet but were hopeful. But I've been a little more distant and cautious since they died. I mean you don't know who you can trust these days." Perry responded to the man in front of her with a sad and dejected smile. She always seemed to be sad and distant these days and that wasn't like her. She was the one in the family that saw the good in the world and everyone in it.
"I totally understand. I'm really sorry for your lose. And I get what your going through but I really want to ask you out. I mean your gorgeous and you look like you could be fin to hang out with. No pun intended." Nathan told her with a happy and cheery smile over the whole situation. Perry let a smile slip onto her lips as she looked over at the man in front of her. She would never admit it to him or even Phoebe. But she really liked this man.
"None taken. And I'll think about that date. Just not the now okay. Look here's my number." Perry spoke to the man as she took out her pad and wrote down her number. Ripping the sheet of paper out of her pad she passed it over to Nathan with a smile. Nathan did the same as her as he looked at her with a cheesy grin. She looked to see a small toy bracelet in his hands.
"It's for you." Nathan spoke with a kind sincerity as he pulled on Perry's freezing trigger hand. Gently he slipped the colourful thing onto her wrist as she looked down at it with a small smile. It looked like it belonged on her wrist. She turned to look back up at him.
"Don't say I never gave you anything." Nathan told her with a cheery smile as he gave her a small peck on the face before walking away from her. Perry stood frozen as if she had used her own power on herself. She smiled at were the man had once stood. She then looked down at the bracelet and snaked her fingers over it. She smiled as she walked away. Unknown to her Nathan was still watching her. He smiled at were she had left before he dissolved into blue and white lights and orbed away from the college; happy with his success with one of his three new charges.