Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or anything. The only characters I made up are Lynn, Hallie, Jess, and various demons and warlocks that attack. I might make up others, so if you don't recognize them from the show, that will usually mean that I made them up.
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It was the usual setting in the Halliwell house. Piper was making breakfast, Phoebe was reading the comic section of the newspaper, and Prue was reading a book and taking some notes. It was pretty silent and that was starting to get to Piper.
"So," she said, "What, uh, is going on?"
Prue didn't even look up from here book to say, "Oh nothing. The usual, work, work, work, oh and work...and demon stuff on the side."
"Well," Phoebe said, "Marmaduke is on whathisname's chair again."
Piper rolled her eyes. That wasn't exactly what she meant.
Prue was about to get up to leave for work, but Leo orbed in.
"Oh hi." Piper said with a smile.
"Um hello." Leo replied. Piper could tell whatever he said next wouldn't be normal, then again what around that house was normal?
"Well, spit it out. What's wrong?" Piper asked, she had 'the look'.
"Oh, nothing's wrong." Leo said smiling foolishly. "It's just that, um, well you know them up there, they want you to do something for them."
"Oh, as if killing ugly things that try to ruin the universe isn't enough." Piper said sarcastically.
"Well, this one could be...fun. You'll get a kick out of this, you will. It's really quit good. They want you guys...are you ready? Get this...they want you to watch a thirteen year old, very powerful magical girl, who has a demon after her. Isn't that good? It's good right..." Leo stopped talking. They obviously weren't accepting this as a little joke.
Phoebe laughed outloud. "Oh that's a good one Leo. You almost had me for a second there." Phoebe said then when back to her comics.
"Uh, I wasn't kidding. They really do want you to watch the girl." Leo told them.
Prue looked up from her book. "Okay, and what if we say no? What if, what if we're busy and what if..."
Leo interrupted her, "No what ifs, no buts. That's what they told me. They also told me to use the guilt trip. Just think. It'll be on your heads if this thirteen year old girl, who hasn't even seen the best yet, dies. And you'll be responsible. Could you really live with that?"
"That is so mean." Phoebe broke in.
"So, how long would she be with us?" Piper asked.
"Oh just until the Elders feel the danger has passed or you could vanquish what's after her." Leo replied cheerily.
"Well," Prue asked getting more and more into the topic, "why is she so special? I mean why can't she go with someone else or why can't she stay up there or, or, or something?"
Leo rubbed his forehead. "Well, she doesn't have any family. They were all killed by the demon that is after her. She only has two cousins, but they're mortal and wouldn't be able to help. She is so special because she has something to do with the future and that's all they would tell me. She can't stay up there because she's got a tad of an evil side. I mean she's good, but sometimes words and actions escape. She's very powerful and it's just a power surge when she does that...and the evil side, but you'll be fine." Leo smiled again.
Piper looked at her sister's faces and she knew what the answer was for all of them.
"We'll do it, but what's she like? What's her name? Give us some details." Piper said sitting down.
Leo sighed. He was getting a little tired, but went on.
"Her name is Lynn. Some family thing with the names, not a pattern like yours, but I don't understand much about it, so don't ask me. Oh, she doesn't like to talk about her family. They were mostly mortal and died rather quickly, and it's painful. She's shy, from what I've heard she forms strong bonds with people and will do anything to protect them, although that was hurt when she lost her mother. She likes music, it's an escape for her. Look, I don't know a lot, and that's all I really know. Oh, her powers. That's kind of important. She's got all of your powers, plus a few others, materializing. She can, ya know, appear where she wants. It isn't blinking, it's slower than that. It's very rare this kind of magic, that's why the demon wants her. It wants her powers and with them...let's just say it won't be good. Oh and she's got a sixth sense." Leo said. He was going to continue, but Phoebe interrupted him.
"She can see dead people?"
Leo rolled his eyes and said, "No Phoebe. It's not really a power just a strong intuition. She can tell what people are feeling. Well, I'll go get her, then I have to go." Leo orbed out.
"Okay, so this should be interesting. And he's not very good with information. I mean, he didn't even tell us what she likes. What if she doesn't like eggs and I give her eggs and she blows my head off? I mean you heard him, she has power surges. So many powers stored in a teenager's body, now that is dangerous. What if..."
Prue had to stop Piper.
"Piper, relax. She's not going to blow your head off. And you heard Leo. No what ifs. You need to relax. I'm sure everything will be just fine. It's not like a demon is just going to show up in our kichen...unless Phoebe brings Cole here." Prue smiled and Phoebe just threw a napkin at her.
A few moments later, Leo orbed back in, but with a girl.
"This is Lynn," Leo said, "Lynn, this is..."
Before Leo could say anything else, Lynn said, "Phoebe, Piper, and Prue. I know, I know. Leo, you know I know. I mean I know...a lot."
Everyone was quiet, no one knew what to say.
"So," Prue started. She felt she had to break the ice. "What do you know about...stuff?" Prue asked.
Lynn sighed and said, "I know a lot of things. If you're talking about magic, then I can tell you a few things...even about you. I know stuff about the real world too."
Phoebe was curious, so she asked, "Stuff about us? Like?"
Lynn crossed her arms and said, "Well, you can't figure out that a demon is in disguise for sh..." Leo covered Lynn's mouth.
"Lil devil isn't she?" He said then removed his hand.
"I also know you know absolutely nothing about rules. I mean, that's an obvious one. And often times you can't figure things out, but then at the last minute you finally use your braincells and get the job done."
"How do you know that?" Prue asked.
"Oh, because Le..." Lynn started, but Leo covered her mouth.
"Power surge." Leo said taking his hand away. "Well, I've got to go, bye." Leo orbed out leaving everyone in that awkward moment.
"So, um, let's start with the M's. What music, movies, m...m...well, not anymore M's, so..." Phoebe said.
"Moron." Lynn whispered under her breath, so none of them would hear.
"Hmmmm?" Phoebe asked.
"Uh, well I like a bunch of different movies. My cousin got me hooked on an old movie called, um, I think it was, um, Kill It Before something or other." Lynn strained her memory, but nothing.
"Kill It Before It Dies!" Phoebe squealed in excitement.
"Yeah, that's it. I like a lot of other movies too, and in music I like a bunch of different people. R&B, some pop, some hip hop, and some others. I basically like radio." Lynn said.
"Well, I hate to skip out on this bonding, but if I'm late there's going to be something not good to pay." Prue said leaving.
"So, it's, um, just the three of us I guess." Phoebe said forcing a small smile.
"Well, um, actually I've got to get to the club..." Piper said picking up her keys.
Before Phoebe could say anything, Piper had already left the kitchen. Phoebe watched the empty doorway hoping Piper would come back in, but she didn't. Phoebe turned to Lynn.
"So, Leo didn't really tell us a lot about you. Can you spare some information?"
Lynn was quite unhappy, but covered it up and replied, "Well, I never had much of a life. I went to school, but I couldn't go anymore."
Lynn sat down and didn't look at Phoebe, but continued with a sad look on her face.
"After It happened, I moved all over. I had two friends. They were like me, but after It happened, we all had to be seperated. We are way too powerful together and they sent us to opposite ends of the country. I'm here, Hallie is in Pennsylvania, and Jess is in Washington. We can't see each other again, but we're still friends. I mean, the Elders tell me that my powers are too strong for me, but I know they're not. They bound some of my powers...but they come back. It's odd really and I just sit and think of it for hours. I'm never allowed to have a normal life ever again."
Phoebe felt sympathetic.
"I know how you feel. Of course, I don't know anything about having that kind of power, but I can't have a normal life either..." Phoebe told her.
"But you can adapt your life. My life will never be the same. I can't even adapt because of all this. At least you can change your life."
Lynn looked even more depressed.
"Well, I'm gonna change that!" Phoebe piped up.
Lynn looked at her with sad and curious eyes.
"I'm gonna vanquish that demon's sorry butt and you'll have a better chance at being normal! To the Book of Shadows!"
Phoebe stomped up to the attic as fast as she could. Lynn followed slowly and silently.
Phoebe was flipping through the pages, not exactly sure of what she was looking for and Lynn just walked around touching things.
Lynn touched a doll and got a short vision.
"Hmmm." Lynn said to herself putting the doll down.
"Something wrong?" Phoebe asked.
"No, I just saw two little girls almost ripping that doll in two, that's all." Lynn replied looking around more.
Phoebe shook her head and went back to looking in the Book.
"Okay, before I keep searching even more aimlessly, do you know anything, about this demon?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, we don't know much, that's why I'm...here." Lynn said walking toward the Book. She started magically flipping the pages, Phoebe had begun to look out the window, but when the pages stopped flipping, she went back over.
"Find something?" Phoebe asked.
"No, but I just found something that sounds familiar, but I don't know why." Lynn said staring at the page trying to remember.
"Well, let me read." Phoebe said. Phoebe looked at the page and read aloud, "'Sonan. An evil, demon whose only wish is to take the powers of the Charmed Ones and the Young Three.'" Phoebe looked confused. "The Young Three. Who are they?"
Lynn turned away, then looked back at the picture of Sonan.
"I know who the Young Three are. They're, they're, they're not important right now. The picture reminds me of something, but I'm not sure what. It's difficult to tell...I've blocked so much out..."
Phoebe closed the Book and said, "Maybe we should go downstairs. Get a glass of milk or something."
"I hate milk. It doesn't have a taste, and it makes me feel funny." Lynn said as they walked out of the attic.
**
An hour later, they were downstairs in the kitchen talking, and when Prue came home, she heard laughing.
"Well, at least she's opened up." Prue said to herself as she walked into the kitchen.
"Hey, what's up?" Prue asked setting down a folder.
"Not a lot." Phoebe said. "We've just been getting to know each other. I think she's got more stories then us even!"
"I would doubt that." Prue said. "So, any progress on...ya know?"
"Kind of but not really. I recognized a picture in the Book of Shadows, but I don't know why." Lynn said flipping through a magazine.
"Phoebe, it's for you." Lynn said not looking up from her magazine.
Prue and Phoebe got confused looks, then the doorbell rang.
Prue watched Phoebe walk out of the kitchen, then asked Lynn, "Who is it?"
Lynn smiled and said, "You of all people don't want to know."
Prue figured it out then took her folder upstairs with her.
Phoebe came back in the kitchen and said, "Uh, I'm going to go out. You won't mind will you?"
Lynn looked at Phoebe and said, "No, it's not like I'm alone."
Phoebe smiled and left.
Lynn shook her head and went upstairs. She figured she would just look through the Book again. She thought she might find something.
She was flipping through the pages and kept ending up on pages that had nothing to do with her or the demon. She didn't know why, but it just kept happening. She looked at Sonan's page, but nothing registered. She found many new demons that not even she knew about. She found herself on the page of the Young Three.
A tear rolled down her cheek and she wiped it away. 'If I told them it might help, but I can't tell them.' She thought looking at the page.
She flipped the pages more and came upon spells, pictures, vanquishes, and other things you would expect to find in a "witch handbook".
Lynn read the pages that had little red marks on them. From things she already knew, she figured that that must mean that these were the vanquished demons. It seemed like something Prue would do. Lynn was feeling curious, so she flipped to the page on Belthazor. There was no red mark on the page. Lynn flipped the page back to the Young Three and read the page. After she was done, she felt she wasn't alone. She could tell the presence was familiar.
"Hallie, is that you?" She whispered into the empty attic.
A girl of about fifteen materialized in. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, blue eyes, and was dressed in a baby-blue shirt and black pants, with amazing black shoes.
"Hallie, you know we're supposed to be seperated." Lynn said going by her.
"I know, but good friends like us can't stay apart forever. We're best friends, like sisters. Plus I heard you were staying with the Charmed Ones, so I had to come check up on you." Hallie said.
Then they both felt another presence. Another girl about fourteen with wavy, crimped blonde hair and brown eyes materialized in. She was dressed in a pink, stripey top and a long black skirt, and black shoes like Hallie's.
"Jess!" Lynn and Hallie squealed. They were all trying to be quiet, but they were so happy. They all hugged and started talking in low voices so Prue wouldn't hear.
"I can't believe it. The Young Three together again. They really didn't think they could keep us seperated forever did they?" Jess said. "And Lynn, you are so lucky. You get to stay with the Charmed Ones, THE Charmed Ones."
"Yeah, but you guys get to be with family." Lynn said looking down.
"Hey, come on. Cheer up. I have to stay with my two aunts in Washington. Do you know how boring it is in that state? At least you'll get to see some action. My aunts keep giving me speeches about responsible magic use. You stay with three of the most rule-breaking twentysomethings around. You've got me beat." Jess said plopping down on a chair.
"You've got me beat to," Hallie said, "You came from Pennsylvania. You know how boring it is there. I mean, I live my dad and mom. They're not even magical. I got stuck with an overprotective whitelighter. Whoop-dee-doo."
"What about Duncan?" Jess said teasingly.
"Yeah, how is Romeo?" Lynn asked.
"You guys won't ever let that go will you?" Hallie asked.
"Well, he is the wuv of your wife." Jess said in a fake baby voice.
"Ha ha ha. Very funny." Hallie replied.
"Fine, we'll stop talking about lover-boy. So, Lynn, have you seen him?" Jess asked impatiently.
"Who?" Lynn asked.
"Oh come on. You know." Hallie flipped the pages of the Book of Shadows magically since she was to far from it. It landed on Belthazor's page. "Him. So, we've been hearing rumors. Has he really changed? We really want to know. I mean my whitelighter took me "up there" for the annual 'What are you doing' checkup and I've been hearing stuff. Spill it girl!"
Lynn laughed a little and said, "I haven't even seen him. I don't know anything. I haven't even been here that long. I haven't seen anything lately, but I think he's good. I don't know. I'll let you know. Phoebe's got a laptop, so watch out for an email from me."
They heard someone coming near the attic. They all hugged and said goodbye then Jess and Hallie materialized out. Lynn went over to the Book and flipped the page.
"Hi." Prue said popping into the attic.
"Oh hi. I was just seeing if I could find anything out. I'm sorry if-"
"Oh no, you can look through it. Anything to help. I was just wondering if you wanted anything."
Lynn closed the Book and said, "Maybe I should quit for today. I've been looking for hours if you count the time I was up here with Phoebe."
Prue smiled and they both went downstairs.
**
It was about 8:30pm and Prue and Lynn were the only ones home and had decided to flip through the channels and look for a movie. Prue had rejected two movies already. She said that "The characters are so unbelieveable and frankly too lovey-dovey for me."
Lynn could tell she was feeling lonely and didn't want to leave Prue for bed. They finally found an acceptable movie about a car chase and the heroine was a fabulous female cop.
"My kind of movie!" Prue said.
At 9:00pm, Phoebe had come home and neither Lynn nor Prue noticed. They were to wrapped up in the movie. So, Phoebe plopped down on the couch next to them.
"So..." She started but she was quickly shushed. Phoebe put her hands up gesturing 'Okay'.
Prue and Lynn picked popcorn from a large, clear bowl without even taking their eyes off the screen. Phoebe thought it must have been a great movie for them to ignore her, so she figured she would just go upstairs. Phoebe was just happy that Lynn was settling in.
At 10:00pm, Piper came home and the movie ended with the heroine saving the day, so Prue and Lynn went upstairs to bed.
When Lynn go to her room, she closed the door, changed into her pajamas, and picked up her maroon colored bookbag. She put her hair up in a ponytail and looked through the contents in the bag. She only had a few things. She couldn't take everything she wanted with her, but her belongings were safe with her cousin, so she was okay. She had some pictures, CDs, magazines, some money, and a few other items. She only had a few clothes with her, so she thought about shopping. She was too tired right now to think about what would happen to her next, so she just drifted off to sleep.
****
It was the usual setting in the Halliwell house. Piper was making breakfast, Phoebe was reading the comic section of the newspaper, and Prue was reading a book and taking some notes. It was pretty silent and that was starting to get to Piper.
"So," she said, "What, uh, is going on?"
Prue didn't even look up from here book to say, "Oh nothing. The usual, work, work, work, oh and work...and demon stuff on the side."
"Well," Phoebe said, "Marmaduke is on whathisname's chair again."
Piper rolled her eyes. That wasn't exactly what she meant.
Prue was about to get up to leave for work, but Leo orbed in.
"Oh hi." Piper said with a smile.
"Um hello." Leo replied. Piper could tell whatever he said next wouldn't be normal, then again what around that house was normal?
"Well, spit it out. What's wrong?" Piper asked, she had 'the look'.
"Oh, nothing's wrong." Leo said smiling foolishly. "It's just that, um, well you know them up there, they want you to do something for them."
"Oh, as if killing ugly things that try to ruin the universe isn't enough." Piper said sarcastically.
"Well, this one could be...fun. You'll get a kick out of this, you will. It's really quit good. They want you guys...are you ready? Get this...they want you to watch a thirteen year old, very powerful magical girl, who has a demon after her. Isn't that good? It's good right..." Leo stopped talking. They obviously weren't accepting this as a little joke.
Phoebe laughed outloud. "Oh that's a good one Leo. You almost had me for a second there." Phoebe said then when back to her comics.
"Uh, I wasn't kidding. They really do want you to watch the girl." Leo told them.
Prue looked up from her book. "Okay, and what if we say no? What if, what if we're busy and what if..."
Leo interrupted her, "No what ifs, no buts. That's what they told me. They also told me to use the guilt trip. Just think. It'll be on your heads if this thirteen year old girl, who hasn't even seen the best yet, dies. And you'll be responsible. Could you really live with that?"
"That is so mean." Phoebe broke in.
"So, how long would she be with us?" Piper asked.
"Oh just until the Elders feel the danger has passed or you could vanquish what's after her." Leo replied cheerily.
"Well," Prue asked getting more and more into the topic, "why is she so special? I mean why can't she go with someone else or why can't she stay up there or, or, or something?"
Leo rubbed his forehead. "Well, she doesn't have any family. They were all killed by the demon that is after her. She only has two cousins, but they're mortal and wouldn't be able to help. She is so special because she has something to do with the future and that's all they would tell me. She can't stay up there because she's got a tad of an evil side. I mean she's good, but sometimes words and actions escape. She's very powerful and it's just a power surge when she does that...and the evil side, but you'll be fine." Leo smiled again.
Piper looked at her sister's faces and she knew what the answer was for all of them.
"We'll do it, but what's she like? What's her name? Give us some details." Piper said sitting down.
Leo sighed. He was getting a little tired, but went on.
"Her name is Lynn. Some family thing with the names, not a pattern like yours, but I don't understand much about it, so don't ask me. Oh, she doesn't like to talk about her family. They were mostly mortal and died rather quickly, and it's painful. She's shy, from what I've heard she forms strong bonds with people and will do anything to protect them, although that was hurt when she lost her mother. She likes music, it's an escape for her. Look, I don't know a lot, and that's all I really know. Oh, her powers. That's kind of important. She's got all of your powers, plus a few others, materializing. She can, ya know, appear where she wants. It isn't blinking, it's slower than that. It's very rare this kind of magic, that's why the demon wants her. It wants her powers and with them...let's just say it won't be good. Oh and she's got a sixth sense." Leo said. He was going to continue, but Phoebe interrupted him.
"She can see dead people?"
Leo rolled his eyes and said, "No Phoebe. It's not really a power just a strong intuition. She can tell what people are feeling. Well, I'll go get her, then I have to go." Leo orbed out.
"Okay, so this should be interesting. And he's not very good with information. I mean, he didn't even tell us what she likes. What if she doesn't like eggs and I give her eggs and she blows my head off? I mean you heard him, she has power surges. So many powers stored in a teenager's body, now that is dangerous. What if..."
Prue had to stop Piper.
"Piper, relax. She's not going to blow your head off. And you heard Leo. No what ifs. You need to relax. I'm sure everything will be just fine. It's not like a demon is just going to show up in our kichen...unless Phoebe brings Cole here." Prue smiled and Phoebe just threw a napkin at her.
A few moments later, Leo orbed back in, but with a girl.
"This is Lynn," Leo said, "Lynn, this is..."
Before Leo could say anything else, Lynn said, "Phoebe, Piper, and Prue. I know, I know. Leo, you know I know. I mean I know...a lot."
Everyone was quiet, no one knew what to say.
"So," Prue started. She felt she had to break the ice. "What do you know about...stuff?" Prue asked.
Lynn sighed and said, "I know a lot of things. If you're talking about magic, then I can tell you a few things...even about you. I know stuff about the real world too."
Phoebe was curious, so she asked, "Stuff about us? Like?"
Lynn crossed her arms and said, "Well, you can't figure out that a demon is in disguise for sh..." Leo covered Lynn's mouth.
"Lil devil isn't she?" He said then removed his hand.
"I also know you know absolutely nothing about rules. I mean, that's an obvious one. And often times you can't figure things out, but then at the last minute you finally use your braincells and get the job done."
"How do you know that?" Prue asked.
"Oh, because Le..." Lynn started, but Leo covered her mouth.
"Power surge." Leo said taking his hand away. "Well, I've got to go, bye." Leo orbed out leaving everyone in that awkward moment.
"So, um, let's start with the M's. What music, movies, m...m...well, not anymore M's, so..." Phoebe said.
"Moron." Lynn whispered under her breath, so none of them would hear.
"Hmmmm?" Phoebe asked.
"Uh, well I like a bunch of different movies. My cousin got me hooked on an old movie called, um, I think it was, um, Kill It Before something or other." Lynn strained her memory, but nothing.
"Kill It Before It Dies!" Phoebe squealed in excitement.
"Yeah, that's it. I like a lot of other movies too, and in music I like a bunch of different people. R&B, some pop, some hip hop, and some others. I basically like radio." Lynn said.
"Well, I hate to skip out on this bonding, but if I'm late there's going to be something not good to pay." Prue said leaving.
"So, it's, um, just the three of us I guess." Phoebe said forcing a small smile.
"Well, um, actually I've got to get to the club..." Piper said picking up her keys.
Before Phoebe could say anything, Piper had already left the kitchen. Phoebe watched the empty doorway hoping Piper would come back in, but she didn't. Phoebe turned to Lynn.
"So, Leo didn't really tell us a lot about you. Can you spare some information?"
Lynn was quite unhappy, but covered it up and replied, "Well, I never had much of a life. I went to school, but I couldn't go anymore."
Lynn sat down and didn't look at Phoebe, but continued with a sad look on her face.
"After It happened, I moved all over. I had two friends. They were like me, but after It happened, we all had to be seperated. We are way too powerful together and they sent us to opposite ends of the country. I'm here, Hallie is in Pennsylvania, and Jess is in Washington. We can't see each other again, but we're still friends. I mean, the Elders tell me that my powers are too strong for me, but I know they're not. They bound some of my powers...but they come back. It's odd really and I just sit and think of it for hours. I'm never allowed to have a normal life ever again."
Phoebe felt sympathetic.
"I know how you feel. Of course, I don't know anything about having that kind of power, but I can't have a normal life either..." Phoebe told her.
"But you can adapt your life. My life will never be the same. I can't even adapt because of all this. At least you can change your life."
Lynn looked even more depressed.
"Well, I'm gonna change that!" Phoebe piped up.
Lynn looked at her with sad and curious eyes.
"I'm gonna vanquish that demon's sorry butt and you'll have a better chance at being normal! To the Book of Shadows!"
Phoebe stomped up to the attic as fast as she could. Lynn followed slowly and silently.
Phoebe was flipping through the pages, not exactly sure of what she was looking for and Lynn just walked around touching things.
Lynn touched a doll and got a short vision.
"Hmmm." Lynn said to herself putting the doll down.
"Something wrong?" Phoebe asked.
"No, I just saw two little girls almost ripping that doll in two, that's all." Lynn replied looking around more.
Phoebe shook her head and went back to looking in the Book.
"Okay, before I keep searching even more aimlessly, do you know anything, about this demon?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, we don't know much, that's why I'm...here." Lynn said walking toward the Book. She started magically flipping the pages, Phoebe had begun to look out the window, but when the pages stopped flipping, she went back over.
"Find something?" Phoebe asked.
"No, but I just found something that sounds familiar, but I don't know why." Lynn said staring at the page trying to remember.
"Well, let me read." Phoebe said. Phoebe looked at the page and read aloud, "'Sonan. An evil, demon whose only wish is to take the powers of the Charmed Ones and the Young Three.'" Phoebe looked confused. "The Young Three. Who are they?"
Lynn turned away, then looked back at the picture of Sonan.
"I know who the Young Three are. They're, they're, they're not important right now. The picture reminds me of something, but I'm not sure what. It's difficult to tell...I've blocked so much out..."
Phoebe closed the Book and said, "Maybe we should go downstairs. Get a glass of milk or something."
"I hate milk. It doesn't have a taste, and it makes me feel funny." Lynn said as they walked out of the attic.
**
An hour later, they were downstairs in the kitchen talking, and when Prue came home, she heard laughing.
"Well, at least she's opened up." Prue said to herself as she walked into the kitchen.
"Hey, what's up?" Prue asked setting down a folder.
"Not a lot." Phoebe said. "We've just been getting to know each other. I think she's got more stories then us even!"
"I would doubt that." Prue said. "So, any progress on...ya know?"
"Kind of but not really. I recognized a picture in the Book of Shadows, but I don't know why." Lynn said flipping through a magazine.
"Phoebe, it's for you." Lynn said not looking up from her magazine.
Prue and Phoebe got confused looks, then the doorbell rang.
Prue watched Phoebe walk out of the kitchen, then asked Lynn, "Who is it?"
Lynn smiled and said, "You of all people don't want to know."
Prue figured it out then took her folder upstairs with her.
Phoebe came back in the kitchen and said, "Uh, I'm going to go out. You won't mind will you?"
Lynn looked at Phoebe and said, "No, it's not like I'm alone."
Phoebe smiled and left.
Lynn shook her head and went upstairs. She figured she would just look through the Book again. She thought she might find something.
She was flipping through the pages and kept ending up on pages that had nothing to do with her or the demon. She didn't know why, but it just kept happening. She looked at Sonan's page, but nothing registered. She found many new demons that not even she knew about. She found herself on the page of the Young Three.
A tear rolled down her cheek and she wiped it away. 'If I told them it might help, but I can't tell them.' She thought looking at the page.
She flipped the pages more and came upon spells, pictures, vanquishes, and other things you would expect to find in a "witch handbook".
Lynn read the pages that had little red marks on them. From things she already knew, she figured that that must mean that these were the vanquished demons. It seemed like something Prue would do. Lynn was feeling curious, so she flipped to the page on Belthazor. There was no red mark on the page. Lynn flipped the page back to the Young Three and read the page. After she was done, she felt she wasn't alone. She could tell the presence was familiar.
"Hallie, is that you?" She whispered into the empty attic.
A girl of about fifteen materialized in. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, blue eyes, and was dressed in a baby-blue shirt and black pants, with amazing black shoes.
"Hallie, you know we're supposed to be seperated." Lynn said going by her.
"I know, but good friends like us can't stay apart forever. We're best friends, like sisters. Plus I heard you were staying with the Charmed Ones, so I had to come check up on you." Hallie said.
Then they both felt another presence. Another girl about fourteen with wavy, crimped blonde hair and brown eyes materialized in. She was dressed in a pink, stripey top and a long black skirt, and black shoes like Hallie's.
"Jess!" Lynn and Hallie squealed. They were all trying to be quiet, but they were so happy. They all hugged and started talking in low voices so Prue wouldn't hear.
"I can't believe it. The Young Three together again. They really didn't think they could keep us seperated forever did they?" Jess said. "And Lynn, you are so lucky. You get to stay with the Charmed Ones, THE Charmed Ones."
"Yeah, but you guys get to be with family." Lynn said looking down.
"Hey, come on. Cheer up. I have to stay with my two aunts in Washington. Do you know how boring it is in that state? At least you'll get to see some action. My aunts keep giving me speeches about responsible magic use. You stay with three of the most rule-breaking twentysomethings around. You've got me beat." Jess said plopping down on a chair.
"You've got me beat to," Hallie said, "You came from Pennsylvania. You know how boring it is there. I mean, I live my dad and mom. They're not even magical. I got stuck with an overprotective whitelighter. Whoop-dee-doo."
"What about Duncan?" Jess said teasingly.
"Yeah, how is Romeo?" Lynn asked.
"You guys won't ever let that go will you?" Hallie asked.
"Well, he is the wuv of your wife." Jess said in a fake baby voice.
"Ha ha ha. Very funny." Hallie replied.
"Fine, we'll stop talking about lover-boy. So, Lynn, have you seen him?" Jess asked impatiently.
"Who?" Lynn asked.
"Oh come on. You know." Hallie flipped the pages of the Book of Shadows magically since she was to far from it. It landed on Belthazor's page. "Him. So, we've been hearing rumors. Has he really changed? We really want to know. I mean my whitelighter took me "up there" for the annual 'What are you doing' checkup and I've been hearing stuff. Spill it girl!"
Lynn laughed a little and said, "I haven't even seen him. I don't know anything. I haven't even been here that long. I haven't seen anything lately, but I think he's good. I don't know. I'll let you know. Phoebe's got a laptop, so watch out for an email from me."
They heard someone coming near the attic. They all hugged and said goodbye then Jess and Hallie materialized out. Lynn went over to the Book and flipped the page.
"Hi." Prue said popping into the attic.
"Oh hi. I was just seeing if I could find anything out. I'm sorry if-"
"Oh no, you can look through it. Anything to help. I was just wondering if you wanted anything."
Lynn closed the Book and said, "Maybe I should quit for today. I've been looking for hours if you count the time I was up here with Phoebe."
Prue smiled and they both went downstairs.
**
It was about 8:30pm and Prue and Lynn were the only ones home and had decided to flip through the channels and look for a movie. Prue had rejected two movies already. She said that "The characters are so unbelieveable and frankly too lovey-dovey for me."
Lynn could tell she was feeling lonely and didn't want to leave Prue for bed. They finally found an acceptable movie about a car chase and the heroine was a fabulous female cop.
"My kind of movie!" Prue said.
At 9:00pm, Phoebe had come home and neither Lynn nor Prue noticed. They were to wrapped up in the movie. So, Phoebe plopped down on the couch next to them.
"So..." She started but she was quickly shushed. Phoebe put her hands up gesturing 'Okay'.
Prue and Lynn picked popcorn from a large, clear bowl without even taking their eyes off the screen. Phoebe thought it must have been a great movie for them to ignore her, so she figured she would just go upstairs. Phoebe was just happy that Lynn was settling in.
At 10:00pm, Piper came home and the movie ended with the heroine saving the day, so Prue and Lynn went upstairs to bed.
When Lynn go to her room, she closed the door, changed into her pajamas, and picked up her maroon colored bookbag. She put her hair up in a ponytail and looked through the contents in the bag. She only had a few things. She couldn't take everything she wanted with her, but her belongings were safe with her cousin, so she was okay. She had some pictures, CDs, magazines, some money, and a few other items. She only had a few clothes with her, so she thought about shopping. She was too tired right now to think about what would happen to her next, so she just drifted off to sleep.