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Chapter Nine

Charlie's POV

"Well, are we going out on the lake this weekend or not?" I asked my old friend. We'd been debating for the last ten minutes whether or not to stay in, watching a game with a couple of beers or going out on the lake to fish. The rest of the hour long phone call had been spent on nonsense gossip. He was about to answer when a blue light filled my living room. Not again! I thought. I'd already done as they'd asked and sent Bella to her sisters, what did they want now? The lights faded and I was mildly surprised to see Bella herself standing in front of me. "I'll have to call you back Billy." I put the phone down without waiting for a reply and stood. "Guess we've got to talk kiddo."

She huffed out a laugh and managed a, "ya think?" before passing out. I laughed. Yeah, it'll be like that for a while. I thought, remembering how long it took me to get used to the dazed feeling after orbing.

I picked her up and placed her on the couch, not knowing how long she would be out for. I settled in for the wait in my recliner, but soon enough my eyes closed from exhaustion.

Bella's POV

There was a light illuminating behind my eyelids. It was persistent and quite annoying so I slowly opened my eyes while sitting up.

Huh, I didn't dream it, I thought as I looked around my living room in Forks. I took a deep breath to relax my chaotic thoughts that were telling me to hide in my bedroom closet and pray it was all make believe, when I smelt coffee. I made my way to the kitchen and saw my Dad sitting at the table with the paper in front of him and a coffee on the table. I passed him without a word and got my own. I inhaled the scent and sat down opposite my Dad and spoke in a whisper.

"Did you know?" I asked, afraid of the answer. His paper rustled as he folded it and laid it down to look me squarely in the eye.

"Yeah I did kiddo." He told me. "Where else did you think you got your orbing from?" He said with a chuckle.

"Orbing?" Confused at the completely foreign word. He looked at me for a second before asking his own question.

"You have been trying to control your powers, right?"

I huffed before I answered. "No. Why would I want to do that, it's not like I want them."

"If you don't control them, they will control you." I was about to respond when he spoke again. "I know you didn't want this. Hell, I didn't want this for you! Why do you think I gave up being a whitelighter. I didn't want you in this life, but the fact is, is that you are. I'd be all for ignoring your powers just like you seem to want to but at the end of the day I'd rather have my magical Daughter than have lost her because she couldn't fight off a demon." It was the longest speech I'd ever heard from my Dad, but that isn't what had me stumped for a minute until I responded.

"I've fought a demon before and I was fine." I told him, to dazed at the possibility of death to be smug.

"With the Power of Four on your side?" He questioned. He continued at my nod. "Not to put your sisters down Bella, but you out of all four of the sisters are the most powerful, you don't need the Power of Four to vanquish a demon. Don't get me wrong it helps to have them there, but if you learn to control your powers and really hone them, you'd be unstoppable." He said, sounding proud.

"Okay." I said, I couldn't not. Not with how proud he looked of me. "Teach me." The rest of the day was him explaining my lineage and how I came from a line that started with Melinda Warren, who prophesized the Charmed Ones. He continued till he told me how he met my mom. She got pregnant, obviously, so they decided it would be best if he wasn't there anymore as it was forbidden by the Elders - who are pretty much the ultimate good, working for the powers that be - so he continued doing his job as a whitelighter and she as a witch. It wasn't till she died when I was three months that he fell from grace and took custody of me.

We'd spent the entire day talking about how everything in my life was now going to change and as much as I hated it I knew my Dad was right when he told me it would be best to move full time into the manor. But it didn't mean I would.

"So. Witches." I sighed as I looked to see it was near midnight. I wonder what my sisters are thinking- I mean I had been gone over a day, I thought.

"Yeah, witches. Obviously you don't need your old man to protect you from anything." My Dad told me.

"I'll always need you Dad. No matter what." He was about to reply when I grabbed my head.

"What's wrong Bells?"

"Bells." I groaned.

"I've always called you Bells, Bells." He must have realised he had it wrong as he corrected himself. "Oh. Focus, kiddo. Who is it? What are they telling you?"

I concentrated and it came in clear. "It's Phoebe. She's shouting my name, they need my help."

"Well? Go on, kiddo. You know how." I smiled, hugged him and yet again concentrated on how I'd felt before when I'd orbed. It worked and I landed where I automatically knew Phoebe was. The attic. I automatically ignored the dizziness when I heard her.

'"When in the circle that is home, safety's gone and evils roam, rid all beings from these walls, save sisters four now heed our call.'" Phoebe read aloud from the Book.

"What are you doing?" I asked, last time she had read aloud it didn't turn out well. It turned us into witches.

"Finally you're here! Come on!" She grabbed my arm and ran with me to my other sisters who were standing on the stair looking into the living room where there was two Victors - their Dad and two others, who I recognized as neighbors.

"Wha-" I didn't get to finish.

"'In the circle that is home, safety's gone and evils roam, rid all beings from these walls, save sisters four now heed our call.'" Phoebe shouted out. I took it as my queue to repeat the spell just like my other sisters did.

"'In the circle that is home, safety's gone and evils roam, rid all beings from these walls, save sisters four now heed our call.'" Once the Power of Four spell was complete the neighbors - or rather demons - melted and disappeared.

"For a moment there I wasn't sure what you would do." Victor - the one that survived spoke.

"For a moment there neither did I." Prue replied.

"Can someone explain this to me?" I asked, still confused as to what I had missed.

"Tomorrow." Piper told me with a hug. "Nice to see you home again." She whispered. We all made are way to the living room to relax and talk. When I felt the conversation was too private for me I made my way out, but not before hearing part of it.

"I thought you didn't want us to use our magic." Phoebe asked her Dad.

"I didn't. Not as long as I still thought of you as my little girls. But you're obviously not anymore." Victor explained.

"We're still you're little girls, we're just…" Piper started.

"Witches." Prue finished what Piper hesitated to finish.

"Yeah, witches. Well, obviously you don't need your old man to protect you from anything." I grinned as I made my way back to my room.

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