Ch13: All over again.
James' pov:
"This one?" I asked Logan snickering, showing him a picture of him sitting in the bathtub when he was two.
"Give me that!" Logan protested snatching the photo from my hands putting it in a box. The guys and I were sitting in the living room cramped together on the big couch, going through boxes and albums filled with pictures of us. Our parents send them to us so we could put them in our new manor. Carlos' mom says it would make the manor more us if we actually had pictures of us in it. We all decided it would look good to hang up a few pictures at the staircase which we much to Carlos' dismay still didn't turn into a swirly slide.
We already picked out some childhood pictures of all four of us together I even got the guys to agree to hang one of my headshots, if only I could deicide which one of them was awesome enough to put there. Oh who am I kidding they're all awesome how can I ever choose!
We also wanted some pictures of our family around the house, that's the reason why we haven't gotten rid of the portrait of Mrs. Baxter, she is our great grandmother, she left us her house and she was really sweet when we met her spirit so she defiantly deserves to be acknowledged. Naturally Kendall picked a picture of him, Katie his mom and dad from years ago when his dad was still alive. Logan, Carlos and I were still looking for the right one.
Now finding a picture with both my parents on it... easier said than done. "You'd think with all the money we have they could have got a professional picture taken with both of them on it." I muttered.
"What was that?" Carlos asked apparently having heard my mutterings.
"There isn't a descent picture of both my parents." I complained.
"That can't be right." Kendall said glancing at me. "Neither you or your parents are camera shy."
I shrugged looking at the stack of pictures on my lap. One of my parents was always behind the camera and all their wedding pictures were... Well I think maybe Logan's mom stocked them somewhere. I was about to voice my thoughts when the doorbell rang.
"Must be Nicholas." Carlos said watching Kendall head to the foyer.
I rolled my eyes. Nicholas was a guy we met years ago who insisted on visiting every few years without our parents knowing. Every few years, same date, same time even now when we moved to LA. Sighing I got up and went to the foyer followed by Logan and Carlos.
End James' Pov.
Kendall had already opened the door to Nicholas. Nicholas was well in his fifties wearing simple brown pants blue shirt, brown blazer and an extremely boring tie. He had short greying brown hair though it more looked like he was wearing a toupee, he also had a thick mustache. "My have you boys grown." He said when he saw Logan, James and Carlos walk in the foyer.
"Thanks Nick, you changed to." Logan said trying to refrain from rolling his eyes. Nicholas would always the same thing when seeing them, it was always followed by-
"You haven't told your parents about the nice old guy who visits every once in a while did you? You four are like the grandchildren I never had." Nicholas said right on cue.
Usually all four boys would immediately shake their heads and reassure the man his secret was safe but not this time. "Why did you come all this way to see us?" Kendall asked. The four of them agreed to finally ask the question they had on their minds every time Nicholas came to visit. They weren't the silly four year olds of when the first met the strange man.
Nicholas smiled from his place outside the door. "Suspicious Kendall? Just like your old man used to be." There was something unsettling about the way the guy spoke. He snorted. "Kind of hard to believe that such a powerful witch would die so young." He said shaking his head in mock sadness.
The guys gasped. "Uh..." Logan frowned. "We don't know what you're talking about, but thanks for dropping by!" He said in a high pitched voice. "Bye!" He said squinting his eyes at the door shutting it with his telekinesis. He then turned to his friends. "Nicholas is a demon?!" He asked.
"Warlock actually." Nicholas said smiling as he casually walked back into the foyer. He reached into his pocket pulling out a golden ring with a red stone in it. When he put it on his hair turned browner, his mustache disappeared and he basically looked younger. "I had to appear to age over the years otherwise you would've been suspicious." He said at boys' shocked looks.
The boys frowned. "Say what?" Carlos asked looking confused.
Nicholas chuckled. "You see, more the eighteen years ago today, your parents and I made a pact. To spare their lives, they gave up your future powers to me. They blessed this ring." He said holding up his hand so they could see his golden ring. "Which gave me immunity from your powers."
At his last words Logan squinted his eyes at him trying to use his telekinesis on Nicholas again to no avail. He looked at his friends silently telling them to not use their powers on him.
Nicholas continued talking unaware that Logan had tried using telekinesis on him. "Immunity so that I could kill you and take the powers on for my own." He smirked. "To become invincible."
"Our parents would never give away out powers!" Kendall yelled.
Nicholas shrugged. "It wasn't like I gave them much of a choice. Now," He pointed his ring at them. "Your blood is boiling. Soon your lungs will sear." As the words left his mouth the boys doubled over in agony crying out in pain as they feeling like they were being burned from inside.
"Your organs will over heat and death will come." Nicholas continued smiling in satisfaction. He was so close to achieving what every warlock dreamt of. Stealing the powers of the Charmed ones. He was so close, so damn close...
Fortunately for the boys James hadn't fallen that far away from Nicholas. Using his newly gained self-defense skills he kicked his leg causing him to fall to the floor.
The guys quickly got up. "A-at-tic." Kendall managed to gasp out knowing his friends would know what he meant.
The four boys rushed up the two stairs to the attic immediately heading towards the book standard in the center of the large attic. James quickly started flipping through the Book of Shadows.
"Why would our parents agree to a pact like that?" Logan asked gasping for breath.
Kendall shook his head. "More important what are we gonna do?"
"I think I found something." James replied pointing at a page in the book. "To unbind a bond. I just need to read what it does exactly." He said his eyes already skimming the page.
They gasped when they heard someone run up the stairs. "You can't run from me!" Nicholas cried.
"No time for reading." Kendall quickly decided. Kendall, Logan and Carlos leaned over James' shoulders together the four of them read the spell.
"The bond which was not to be done.
Give us the power to see it undone.
And turn back time to whence it was begun."
Twinkling lights encircled the boys before they disappeared. They re-appeared seconds later in a beige hallway.
"A teleportation?" Carlos asked realizing where they were. "Must have been one heck of a telportation spell to teleport us all the way back to Logan's home in Minnesota."
James shook his head. "It wasn't a teleportation spell."
Kendall shrugged. "Who cares, at least now we have to time to find a way to get rid of Nicholas.
Logan shot him a 'look'.
"What?" He asked.
Logan shrugged. "Just wondering how you plan on doing that when the Book of Shadows is still at the Manor in Los Angeles?"
Kendall's face fell. "I- We'll ask our parents about the bond." He quickly improvised before they started quietly making their way towards the living room stopping when he heard Logan's mom talking on the phone sounding quite distressed. "You're talking to fast Brooke. Slow down."
Logan blinked realizing his mom was on the phone with James' mom.
"What premonition?" Joan asked completely unaware of the four boys eavesdropping at the doorstep. She sighed. "That's impossible Brooke. You don't have that power."
James frowned not understanding what the phone conversation could be about. His mom was stripped of all her powers after she gave birth to him and even if she somehow managed to get them back while he and the guys were in LA then her powers would be-
"I thought your mom's power was to manipulate molecules." Carlos said in a whisper voicing James' thoughts.
James nodded. "It is... was... You know what I mean." He muttered the last part getting annoyed by the tenses. Glancing at his left he noticed Kendall and Logan had went back to the hallway. James and Carlos walked into the hallway to see Kendall holding another telephone to his ear listening in to Joan and Brooke's conversation while Logan looked at him in disapproval.
"Maybe you should see a doctor." Joan advised he longtime friend and distant family member. "You shouldn't be working for that darn make up emporium anyway."
"You're right." Brooke said sounding wistful. "Not about the doctor part but about the make-up. Maybe I should start for my own. After all I do know a lot about herbs and potions."
Joan rolled her eyes tiredly sitting down on an armchair. "Personal gain Brooke."
"Don't be like that Joan." Brooke replied a smile evident in her voice. "I already broke all the rules by getting pregnant. Back to business, I had a premonition. I felt the baby kick and then bam! Like an old black and white movie, I saw it!"
"Saw what?" Joan asked sighing.
"Four man." Brooke said her voice immediately turning serious. "Warlocks and one of them was holding little Hortense. I know the babies are at Jenifer's but I didn't want to call her. Magic is in a way still new to her and all."
"Brooke..." Joan wasn't sure how to reassure her friend. "Why don't you just take a break, just to be sure it isn't just the morning sickness and ragging hormones talking." She said before hanging up.
Kendall, Logan, James and Carlos looked at each other not understanding what they just heard. "What are they talking about?" Kendall said frowning.
"I'll ask." Logan said shrugging before walking into the living room being followed by Kendall, James and Carlos.
Joan gasped seeing them she immediately got up from the chair. "Who are you and how did you get in my house?" She demanded, no longer looking like the worn out mom but like a fierce witch.
Logan blinked. "Mo-"
"Warlocks be gone!" Joan cried swinging her hand at them channeling her telekinesis through her hands sending the boys flying out of the house through the open door with incredible speed.
Big-Time-Charmed.
Kendall, Logan, James and Carlos were running down the cold streets of Minnesota trying to get as far away from Logan's house as they could. "That is one scary witch." Carlos said once they slowed down to a walking pace.
"Mom sure knows how to use her powers." Logan nodded also shaken up from his mother attacking him. "I wonder if I'll learn channeling my telekinesis through my hands to."
Kendall shrugged. "How weird was that?" he asked no one in particular. "Your mom didn't even recognize us."
"That phone call." James said frowning looking incredibly puzzled. "I don't even get it!" He cried in an almost whiny voice. "Mom's pregnant, had a premonition and hasn't started Diamond cosmetics yet. How's that possible.
"Guys," Logan who had bent down to pick up an abandoned newspaper from the floor said paling. "I think we traveled through time."
"What?" His friends gasped.
Logan slowly stood up showing the date on the newspaper. December 12 1993.
Well that explained a lot... Carlos was the first to get over the shock. "So.. We're like babies now?"
Logan shook his head. "No Kendall and I are babies. James' mom is four months pregnant and-" Logan looked up calculating the dates in his head a small blush crept over his face. "Uh.. your parents conceived you a few days ago."
Carlos blinked. "Wha?"
"Your parents had a fun night earlier this week Carlitos." James replied grinning trying not to laugh.
Carlos' face turned bright red realizing what James and Logan meant. "Ew!" He cried scrunching his face up in disgust. "Guys those are my parents they don't have sex!"
"If you say so." Kendall replied smiling before shaking his head suddenly realizing what day it was. "Today's the day our parents supposedly made that pact. That's why the spell send us here. To prevent the pact being made."
Carlos nodded. "Which means our only chance of getting back to our own time is if we warn our parents about Nicholas on time...
"How are we gonna do that?" James moaned. "Logan's mom threw us out of the house and thanks to the premonition mom had they'll be looking for four warlocks."
"Your fault." Logan shot back. "I'm guessing mini you already had powers from the womb. We'll just show our parent our powers and they'll probably believe us."
Kendall nodded. "Let's start with someone who's most likely to believe us."
"My mom used to work as a waitress before she became a stay at home mom." Carlos sugested.
"Sylvia Garcia it is." Kendall grinned. The four boys started heading towards the town's center when James suddenly stopped. "Can't we buy some jackets first?" He asked rubbing his bare arms for some extra warmth. They were dressed for the warm LA sun and not ice cold Minnesota winters. "I'm freezing."
Big-Time-Charmed.
Kendall and Logan were sitting at their old favorite lunchroom Buddy's where Carlos' mom Sylvia worked as a waitress. They had agreed it would be better if only Kendall and Logan would try talking to Sylvia seeing they were already born so she might recognize them. "Weird," Kendall said looking around the restaurant. "Buddy's hasn't changed a bit- wouldn't .. Eh didn't?"
"Give it up." Logan rolled his eyes. "I know what you mean, stop messing up the tenses."
Kendall chuckled before looking around searching for Carlos' mom. "You see her?" He asked when he couldn't find anything. He turned to Loan when the smart boy didn't reply only to find him staring at a waitress. "I think that might be her." Logan said after while.
Kendall studied the lady Logan was looking at. The yellow waitress outfit defiantly confirmed that she worked here, she had shoulder length brown hair and bright brown eyes that reminded him a lot of Carlos'. Kendall chewed his lip feeling a bit uncomfortable. "Don't tell Carlos this but his mom used to be hot." He whispered leaning closer to Logan yet not taking his eyes of the petite waitress.
Logan slowly nodded like in trance. "Yeah she is." He then realized she was coming towards them. "What do we do?"
"You move the salt with your powers she'll see it and realize we're witches and then I'll explain the situation." Kendall quickly explained right before Sylvia came to their table.
"Ready to order?" Sylvia asked holding her note pad and pulling out a pen from behind her ear.
Kendall nodded towards Logan who squinted his eyes at the salt trying to move it towards Sylvia with his powers.
"Logan?" Kendall asked when nothing happened.
"You try." Logan hissed at him.
Frowning Kendall looked at his hand trying to shapeshift it. "Why isn't it working?" He asked himself when nothing happened.
Another waitress walked towards them. "Sylvia, phone." She said tapping Sylvia's shoulder.
"Oh, okay thanks." Sylvia thanked her. "I'll be right back." She told the boys before turning and heading towards a closed door.
"Wait!" Logan suddenly cried getting up from his seat. "We know you're pregnant!" He yelled. The entire restaurant stopped with what they were doing to look at Logan. Even Kendall looked at him in shock.
"What?" Sylvia asked slowly walking back to their table.
Logan felt the blood rush to his cheeks, he slowly sat back down. "Uh... This is gonna sound weird but we're actually from-"
"LA!" Kendall cut him of knowing that now that they couldn't prove they were witches even Sylvia would assume they were warlocks. "We're your cousins from LA."
"Er.. Right your cousins." Logan nodded. "And we need to tell you something really important about the baby you're carrying... Sorta." He finished lamely.
For a long time Sylvia just looked at the two boy contemplating what she was going to say. Finally a glare formed on her usual cheerful features. "NOT that it's any of your business," She said glaring at them. "but I can't get pregnant. It's medically impossible!" She yelled the boys obviously having his a sensitive spot for her. "Now excuse me." She muttered before walking away.
Kendall sighed crossing his arms and looking at Logan expectedly.
"I panicked okay!" Logan cried. "I thought close family might know she was pregnant."
Kendall sighed letting his arms fall at his side, he leaned further in his chair frowning deeply going home seemed even further away now. "Not only doesn't she know she's pregnant she thinks it's impossible for her to get pregnant. Even worse is... We have no powers." He whispered the last part so only Logan could hear. "Meaning we don't stand a chance against Nicholas. Why don't we have powers."
Frowning Logan rested his head on his arms leaning against the table. "James' mom said she got a premonition meaning mini James has his powers... Maybe baby us also already have their powers." He mussed out loud.
"Meaning that..." Kendall urged Logan to go on.
"Meaning that maybe only one set of us can have powers at the same time in the same time."
Kendall huffed. "Thank you dr. Spock."
Big-Time-Charmed.
Sylvia was sitting at the restaurant's staff room holding the phone to her ear. She was on a double line with Brooke and Joan. "You think it was the baby who gave you that premonition?" She asked once Brooke finished telling her what happened.
Joan spoke before Brooke could even answer. "That warlocks you talked about did you see how they looked like?"
"No I didn't see their faces why?" Brooke replied.
"They we're here." Joan answered. "We need to go to Jen's right away."
Big-Time-Charmed.
"Stupid winter." James muttered kicking a rock. He was on his way back to Buddy's. He had gone to buy some cheap jackets at a store a few blocks away from the restaurant. There was something very unsettling to James about this entire situation, he just couldn't exactly point out what it was.
"Oh Richard."
James froze hearing his mother's voice. Looking to his right he spotted both his parents walking by arm in arm looking... Well like how happy couples usually looked.
He then realized what was bothering him. It wasn't seeing his parents together which was weird, it was the lack of vibes he was getting from around him. He hadn't sensed the love around him since they arrived in the past... He didn't have his powers.
James was about to break in a sprint towards the restaurant to tell his friend about this when he saw an officer walk following the younger version of his parents. Getting a closer look of the officer's face James gasped. "Nicholas!"
"Hm?" The officer frowned hearing his name being called.
James took a couple of quick steps putting himself in front of the officer blocking his vision so he couldn't see where his parents were heading to. "Uh can you guide me to the nearest bus station officer?" James asked hopefully.
"Get outta my way." Nicholas muttered roughly pushing past James.
Failing to come up with a better idea James kicked Nicholas side causing him to fall over. James grabbed his car keys out of his hands and threw them on the road before spinning around and running back to Buddy's. He already spotted Kendall, Logan and Carlos his way.
Kendall frown seeing James running his way. "James what are you doing?"
"Nicholas is here?" James said between pants.
"What? Where?" Carlos asked.
James shook his head. "Run!" he cried grabbing his friends by their arms and dragging them with him.
Big-Time-Charmed.
"Was Nicholas wearing his ring?" Kendall asked. The boys were walking down the street heading towards Kendall's house. They decided to give up on the convince their parents they were witches plan and instead try looking into the separated parts of the Book of Shadows.
"I don't think so." James replied.
"Good thing you were there." Carlos told him. "That was probably when Nicholas was going to make his move."
"I don't think so." Logan replied shaking his head. "We'd be back in our own time if that was all it took."
"Hey!" James protested looking offended. "I kicked him pretty hard. So sorry I was too busy being shocked by seeing my parents kiss each other to come up with a vanquishing spell."
"You saw your parents?" Carlos asked.
James nodded. "Weird... That's all I can say to describe it."
When they reached Kendall's house they quietly walked into the backyard so Kendall could sneak in through the back door. Logan shot Kendall a concerned look. "You sure you can handle this buddy?"
Kendall nodded firmly. "My dad's at the rink around this time anyway. I'll sneak in go to the trophy room and search through the Book of Shadows and be back out before mom even knows I'm there. You three stand guard." He said looking at the back door with fierce determination. "Let's do this."
Big-Time-Charmed.
Kendall was in the trophy room while Logan and James stood guard in the hallway and seeing mama Knight was still in the kitchen completely unaware of the four boys that had snuck into her house Carlos figured it would be alright to explore some. He quietly walked into the living room where he spotted two small cribs.
Grinning widely he quietly walked closer to them. "Aw..." He smiled at the two babies. The bigger baby who had a few blonde hairs cocked his head at while the smaller baby who studied Carlos with wide brown eyes.
Carlos grinned covering his face his hands. "Where did Carlitos go?" He asked from behind his hands using baby talk. He quickly removed his hands leaning closer to the babies. "Peek-a-boo!"
Baby Kendall laughed at him but baby Logan's lips quivered dangerously.
Carlos' eyes grew realizing he might have scared the baby too much. "No." He whispered. "Please don't-"
There came the water works as the baby started crying loudly.
"Cry." Carlos finished lamely. He quickly scooped the little baby from the crib and gently began cradling him trying to calm down. "Hush little Hortense don't you cry, if Kendall finds out I made you cry he's gonna make me go bye bye." Much to his surprise the baby actually stopped crying at that.
"Carlos!" Logan hissed at him standing at the door. "Come on we gotta go!"
Carlos nodded quickly following Logan out of the room forgetting about one big detail.
Baby Kendall noticing he was being left all alone began crying.
Jenifer walked into the living carrying two bottles with baby formula. "Don't cry Kenny mommy made some very nice drink for you and hor-" Jenifer cut herself realizing that much to her horror that the crib next to her son's was empty.
Big-Time-Charmed.
Sylvia pouted, she was supposed to go to Jenifer's house but her boss had asked her to pick up a package at friend of his in a hotel. Sighing she knocked the door only to find it already open. "Hello?" She asked walking in.
Suddenly someone grabbed her from behind handcuffing her hands together.
Sylvia let out a startled shriek. "What the- Let go of me!" She cried seeing a guy in a police officer uniform walk up from behind her. He smiled evilly. "Won't want you burning me Sylvia."
Taking a deep breath Sylvia glared at him "Who are you?"
The guy smirked. "Call me Nicholas. Now your blood starts boiling, death will soon come."
Sylvia let out a strangled gasp feeling her body heathen up, her blood was really starting to boil. "What do you want?" Sylvia demanded her voice cracking slightly.
Nicholas chuckled. "I want what every warlock wants. I want powers, your powers... At least I wanted them. That's until I realized you're bearing a Charmed one."
Closing her eyes trying to ignore the pain Sylvia shook her head. "I can't get pregnant... How do you possibly think can bear four children?"
"Oh but that's the big mistake in the prophecy Sylvia." Nicholas grinned. "The Power of Four isn't a brotherhood related by blood it's a brotherhood related by spirit. Now Kevin has a son, Joan has son, Brooke's expecting a baby boy and guess who saw the scene at the diner... You're pregnant Sylvia."
Sylvia's eyes grew realizing the warlock was targeting Kendall and Hortense. "Their just babies! Please don't hurt them!"
Nicholas casually walked to a drawer watching Sylvia gasp for breath. He pulled his gold ring out the drawer before turning back to Sylvia grinning. "There's another option Sylvia."
Big-Time-Charmed.
Kendall, Logan and James were sitting at a bench at the park while Carlos stood a few feet away looking extremely nervous, it was easy to see he was hiding something underneath his jacket. Kendall raised a hairy eyebrow. "Carlos?" He asked cocking his head his younger friend reminding the younger boy a lot of the little boy he had played with earlier. "You alright?" Kendall asked.
Carlos rapidly shook his head. "I'm fine. Did you find anything in your dad's Book of Shadows?" He asked trying to change the subject.
Kendall shook his head. "The spell to unbind a bond wasn't in it and there wasn't a spell to send us back to our own time." He sighed. "This leaves two options maybe it's in one of the other three parts of the Book of Shadows or sad option two."
"What's sad option two?" James asked frowning.
"The spell hasn't been written yet." Kendall answered he was about to say more when Carlos looked into his jacket again. "Carlos what are you hiding?" He demanded walking over to his friend pushing the jacket down so he could see what Carlos was hiding underneath it.
Kendall, Logan and James gasped seeing the sleeping baby in Carlos arms.
"You kidnapped me?" Logan gasped.
As if one cue a police parked behind them. An officer walked out. "I don't suppose that baby's yours eh boys?
Big-Time-Charmed.
The four boys were brought to jail for kidnapping. "I can't believe we got arrested for kidnapping, it was me he kidnapped!" Logan cried pacing in front of Kendall, James and Carlos who sat on the floor.
James let out a small laugh. "Yeah, that would make an interesting defense."
Logan turned to glare at him. "You think this is funny?" He asked daring James to respond. "Not only are we stuck in jail but we're also stuck in the past!"
"Yeah, Logie." Kendall snorted. "We've been following."
Carlos pouted, this was all his fault. How could he have forgotten that he was holding a baby? "Bright side?" He asked hopefully.
Kendall sighed looking at the floor before bringing his gaze back to his friends. "My dad's still alive in this time. Maybe we can even prevent him from dying this time."
The boys looked up when they heard footsteps coming towards them. Carlos let out a quiet gasp when he saw his mom standing outside their cell.
Sylvia shot each of them a stern look. "How did you know I was pregnant?" She asked looking at Kendall and Logan in particular. "Who are you people?"
"I'm your son." Carlos answered smiling.
Big-Time-Charmed.
"Okay I got my husband to let you out." Sylvia said guiding the four of them out of the police station. "So you better not be warlocks."
"If we were warlocks we wouldn't need to bail us out." Kendall replied smiling.
Logan frowned. "Where's mini me?"
Sylvia smiled. "He's back with Joana at Jenifer and Kevin- Your parents." She clarified looking at Kendall.
"Did you tell them about us?" James asked already imagining how his and Logan's moms would react to this.
"No. I didn't know what to say." Sylvia shook her head smiling happily. "I didn't know who you were myself." She stopped walking to look at Carlos. "Talk about miracles." She whispered, till today she always thought it would be impossible for her to get pregnant. "We must have named you after your father's half-brother." She blinked suddenly realizing something. "But if you don't like it we can always change it."
"No." Carlos shook his head smiling. "I love it." He meant it. He liked his name, Carlos, Carlitos or just Litos it all had a nice ring to it.
"Anyways," Logan said not wanting them to linger long on this. "We came back in time to stop you."
Sylvia frowned. "Stop me from what?"
"To make a pact with a warlock names Nicholas." Kendall replied.
Sylvia's smile immediately faded. "Then you're too late."
Big-Time-Charmed.
They'd gone to Kendall's parents house where Joan and Brooke already were. The four boys gathered on the couch. All their parents except for James' and Carlos' dad. Logan's dad wasn't there either but that was obvious seeing logan himself didn't even know who his dad was.
"Where was I born?" Joan demanded crossing her arms glaring at the boys.
"Joan!" Jenifer protested. Like Sylvia she immediately believed the boys especially after having seen Kendall.
"I'm still not convinced their not warlocks." Joana responded from her seat in the leather chair. No way she was going easy on them after they'd kidnapped her baby boy. Her eyes traveled to the two cribs a feet away, she could see Hortense sleeping peacefully.
"We have a pact to undo." Sylvia reminded her older friend. "We should be looking for a spell to-"
"In a hotel room in Texas." Logan easily answered his mom's question.
"Who's Melinda Warren?" Kevin asked. Unlike his wife he wasn't that easily convinced they were the Charmed Ones. It didn't help that the one who supposedly was his son refused to look him in the eye.
"The beginning of our family line." Kendall replied for the first time looking his farther in the eye. "She gave us our powers, our destiny."
Sylvia rolled her eyes turning to Brooke expecting her to be just as critical as the rest of the family. "You have something to ask to?"
Brooke showed no emotion as she walked over to James who looked back at her appearing to be ready for whatever she would ask him. She looked down gently stroking her four month pregnant belly before looking back at James, without warning she suddenly hugged him.
James blinked stunned before hugging her back. "Mom?"
"You turned out so well." Brooke whispered. "I broke all the rules and you still turned out so well." She said once she pulled away.
Jenifer smiled at the heartwarming scene. This was one of the rare moments she didn't feel left out when her husband and his family talked about magic.
"About the pact." Joan started.
"We have to keep the boys safe." Kevin said running his hand through his blond hair. "I'll have to bind their powers."
"Bind our powers." Logan sighed resting his head in his hand.
Joan nodded. "Strip them from the young ones. So Nicholas can't get a hold of them. It doesn't have to be done right away, after James and Carlos are born." She explained thinking Logan didn't know what binding meant.
"We know what binding is." James replied. "That's exactly what you did."
"What do you mean?" Brooke asked frowning. "How old were you when you got your powers back?" She wasn't really sure if she wanted them to get their powers back, she knew it was destiny but for her baby to get the power of premonition? There were so many horrible thing he could unwillingly witness.
"We were around six at the time." Carlos answered.
Kevin's frown intensified. "I unbound your powers without having broken the pact? Why would I do that? I mean unless I died which of course would automatically-" He trailed of when the four boys suddenly found everything in the room more interesting then him all. He then realized why Kendall couldn't look him in the eye. "Unbind your powers." He quietly finished letting himself fall into a chair opposite to the couch. "So I at least make it to the next millennium."
"Enough about the future." Joan said though shocked knowing Kevin would only live another six years. "You came back for one reason, to break the pact. You mustn't tamper with anything else. It's much too risky. Heaven knows what damage you've already done by coming back here."
James shook his head. "It doesn't matter the pact's already been made."
"And there's a reason for that." Brooke said smiling. "Destiny always gets its own way. It's not as easy to change the past as you think. If you do it incorrectly, everything will change. The evil you vanquished, the good that you've done, none of it may've ever happened."
"Well we can't go back to our own time and just let Nicholas kill us." Kendall huffed.
Sylvia sighed. "The only way to vanquish him in your time would be for me to unbless the ring and take away its immunity. It's in a drawer in his hotel room."
"It's to dangerous." Kendall shook his head. "If something happens to you Carlos won't be born and there won't even be a Power of Four. The guys and I will go."
Joan nodded. "Alright then Brooke and I will write a spell to send you back to your own time."
"Wait, you can do that?" James blinked in surprise. "You can write spell powerful enough for that?"
"We're witched honey." Brooke cheerfully winked at him. "We can do everything."
"Wish that were true." Kendall whispered looking at his dad. His sister didn't even have memories of their dad. If only he could somehow prevent his dad from dying this time.
Big-Time-Charmed.
Picking locks was always something Kendall was good at. "Let's just hope Nicholas isn't home." He said.
"The concierge says he's not and Logan and Carlos are outside watching for him." James replied. Kendall managed to open the hotel room door and quietly walked in. "Aunt Sylvia said it was in a drawer." James said watching Kendall bent down in front of a drawer.
Kendall grinned finding the ring inside the drawer. "Got it!"
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"We got the ring!" Kendall, Logan, James and Carlos cheered running into the kitchen at the Knight household.
"Now what?" Logan asked.
Joan smiled. "Now you return to where you came from." She said holding up the piece of paper she and Brooke had written the spell on.
"Then I will unbless the ring and get it back to the hotel before Nicholas finds it missing." Sylvia added.
Kevin nodded. "Now remember, there is no time to lose. You will return at the exact moment you left, which means Nicholas will be there too." He said not noticing Kendall walk over to the salon table, he put a small note down reading 'Dad, don't go after water demon, he will kill you'.
"Kendall time to say goodbye." Carlos reminded him.
Logan hugged his mother. "Any chance you're gonna tell who my dad is?" He asked once they pulled apart.
"If I managed all this time without you finding out," Joan smirked. "Then I certainly won't tell you now Hortense."
James also hugged him. "Don't worry." He told her. "Here I am in all my half witch half cupid glory and nothing's wrong." He reassured her. Suddenly a small hearth shaped light appeared next to Brooke and suddenly Richard appeared next to her. "Brooke-" He was about to kiss her when he noticed the boys. "Who are you?"
"Dad?" James blinked.
They didn't notice Kendall who had grabbed a camera take a picture of the three of them. The camera he used was one of those really old ones of which the picture came out immediately. Grinning mischievously Kendall quietly handed the picture to Logan.
Sylvia put a hand on Carlos' shoulder. "You're gonna be a handful aren't you?"
Carlos grinned. "You'll love me anyway."
"Alright boys." Kevin said taking the note from Joan. "It's time for you to go home." He said before starting to chant the spell.
"A time for everything.
And to everything its place.
Return what has been moved.
Through time and space."
He frowned when nothing happened. He then turned to his cousins. "Come help me." Joan, Brooke and Sylvia nodded walking over to him leaning over his shoulder, together they began reading the spell.
"A time for everything.
And to everything its place.
Return what has been moved.
Through time and space."
Twinkling lights encircled the boys and they disappeared.
"Oh." Jenifer sighed. "Too bad it worked they were so nice." Right after the words left her mouth the boys appeared again. Carlos winced. "Oops."
"What happened?" Kevin asked.
"Where did you go?" Sylvia asked.
"Uh, nowhere." Kendall replied frowning. "We were here and ten seconds later..."
"We were still here." Logan finished.
Jenifer frowned, being a mortal she didn't know much about magic. "So... The spell didn't work?"
Brooke shook her head. "The spell's fine... We don't have enough magic."
"We need the power of four." Carlos stated sadly.
"Which the youngest half isn't even born yet." Logan added also upset.
Jenifer studied her friends with a thoughtful frown on her face. "Maybe that's why it worked the second time..."
"What do you mean?" Kevin asked his wife.
Jenifer kept on frowning, she didn't know much about magic so she hoped she wasn't going to make a fool of herself by saying something stupid. "Maybe the spell worked the second time cause Brooke and Sylvia are pregnant and the babies somehow helped.. Or something?" She finished uncertainly.
Joan blinked before grinning. "Jen that's brilliant!"
"It is?" Jenifer blinked.
Kevin nodded kissing her cheek. "Their Warren's honey they are born magic. If you and Joan need to say the spell with Brooke and Sylvia holding Kendall and Hortense."
"But-" Jenifer's eyes grew. "I'm not a-"
"Don't worry." Sylvia reassured her mortal friend. "You just have to receite the spell with us."
Kendall nodded smiling at the younger version of his mom. "Then we'll have the Power of Four... In a way."
Suddenly they heard the front door swing open. "Where are you witches!" A voice cried. "I want my ring!"
"Nicholas." Sylvia gasped.
Brooke's face immediately hardened. "Kevin, Joan you go get your boys. I'll fend him of." She said before running out of the kitchen as fast as a pregnant lady could.
Richard smiled watching his wife leave. "She gets more dominant every day." He chuckled shaking his head.
"You have no idea." James snorted before rushing after his mother.
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"Hey you sad excuse of warlock!" Brooke cried stomping into the living room followed by James. "You just pissed of a pregnant woman." She said glaring at Nicholas who was only a few feet away. "And if I do something horrible I'll be sure to blame it on the ragging hormones." She hissed before angrily pointing at him using her power to speed up the molecules to create a mini explosion in front of Nicholas causing him to back away from her in fear.
"Yeah," James rolled his eyes in annoyance. "you get the cool control molecule power and I'm stuck with premonitions. How unfair is that?"
"Your power will grow with time honey." Brooke replied smiling sweetly.
James blinked at his mother's sudden change of attitude. 'Must be the moodswings.' he realized. "My powers onyx grew when I became able to also see the past."
"Yeah but I you only recently started using the Power of Four." Brooke replied. Knowing herself she was pretty sure she had forbidden James from using his powers when he was younger. She was about to say more when Nicholas came running to them.
James immediately reacted by jumping up high enough to be able to kick Nicholas' head. "It's to dangerous mom." James cried preparing to throw another punch at Nicholas. "We need you to do the spell or else we won't be able to go home."
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Kendall sighed picking up the note he left for his dad from the table. No matter how much he wanted to prevent his father's death he knew he couldn't interfere with faith.
"Are you ready?" Brooke asked walking back into the kitchen.
Jenifer and Joan were holding little Kendall and Hortense the two babies seemed wide awake thanks to the loud noises coming from the living room. Jenifer nodded. "As ready as I can get I suppose."
James came running back into the kitchen. "We don't have much time- Oh and don't you guys just love those self defense classes I took?" He asked smirking.
Logan rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah I'll never complain about them being too expensive again now get over here."
James chuckled before moving to stand next to his brothers.
Sylvia smiled holding up the note so she, Brooke, Joan and Jenifer could read the spell.
"A time for everything.
And to everything its place.
Return what has been moved.
Through time and space."
Twinkling lights encircled the boys again and they disappeared. When they reappeared they were back at the attic in their manor.
"It worked! We're back!" Carlos cheered though his grin faded when he heard someone run up the stairs. "Book of Shadows?"
"It's here and it's not split to four anymore." James replied grinning before hastily flipping through the book with Kendall leaning over his shoulder.
Right then Nicholas barged through the door. "Times up witches."
Logan squinted his eyes at the warlock sending him flying a few feet back. "And the ring is still unblessed." Logan said grinning.
"Found something?" Carlos asked turning to Kendall and James.
Kendall nodded smirking. "How about the 'Nicholas Must Die' spell?"
"That wasn't there before." Carlos said frowning.
Logan smiled not letting his eyes leave Nicholas who at the moment seemed to stunned by the fact that his ring was unblessed to anything else. "I think it's just mom's way of saying welcome back." He said before moving to look at the spell.
"Ready?" Kendall asked, when his friends nodded the started reading the spell.
"Lavender, mimosa, holy thistle.
Cleanse this evil from our midst.
Scatter its cells throughout time.
Let this Nick no more exist."
Nicholas started spinning around very fast almost changing into a small tornado before turning into dust. The only thing left of him was his unblessed golden ring that dropped to the floor along with the dust.
"Wow." Carlos said looking at the pile of dust in amazement. "Remind to never get on your mom's bad side." He told Logan grinning.
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The boys were sitting on the white wooden chairs in the sunroom. None of them really felt like watching tv or doing anything after their long day the ironic thing is that it wasn't even noon yet.
"I never realized our parents were such kick ass witches." Carlos said breaking the comfortable silence.
Logan nodded grinning. "Next time my mom visits I'm so asking here to teach me more about telekinesis."
"Awesome huh?" James asked smiling. "My mom's powers were really cool too bad she was stripped from them after giving birth to me."
Kendall quietly looked at the round glass table. "Faith sucks." He mumbled quietly.
"Why's that?" Logan asked having heard him.
Sighing Kendall pulled out the note he had wanted to leave his dad from his pocket and showed it to his friends. "I wanted to warn my dad but then I realized it had to happen that way and I shouldn't mess with faith."
"I don't know how you do it." James told him. "Be so responsible. If I knew of a way to stop my parents' divorce I'm pretty sure I would have done it."
"Speaking of your parents..." Kendall said suddenly less moody he pulled out the picture he had taken of the three Diamonds. "Guess who finally has family pictur-" Before he could finish his sentence James already tackled him for a hug.