You know how your mother tells you all those stories of her life when you are really little? You know, the ones that have her saving the day with her "magic powers" with your aunts. And you know the fairy tale world, with demons, warlocks, witches and other creatures? Well guess what? They weren't lying. Everything is true and I found that out the hard way on my sixteenth birthday.
Chapter 1
Rune
Waking up in the early morning sunlight, Rune Halliwell, twin of Sebastian rose from his bed stretching while yawning at the same time. Looking down to the clutter of his half of the room he saw his brother sitting across from him, dressed and waiting.
"Took you long enough slowpoke. We'll probably be late because of you and Catty is coming to pick us up in five minutes so get dressed now. She'll have breakfast waiting for us even though I already ate. Aunt Piper is going to take me to the club after school so you'll either come with, or take the bus."
Rune didn't know how his brother could fit that whole schpeel into one paragraph. He regarded himself as the troublemaker of the family taking after his mother Phoebe. She had been like him, one who disregarded rules and made them up as he went along, his brother on the other hand was just the opposite who was very serious twenty-four seven and yet had some dark side that no one really understood.
"Listen Sebastian, I don't know where you get off telling me what to do. I'm sorry if I make Mr. Perfect Attendance boy late, but chill. It's only the second day of school..."
"And we were still late you jerk! Mom! Rune won't get up so I am late for school." Sebastian shouted through the floor. Their mother lived right under them; well actually she was in the kitchen and had heard the conversation.
"Rune Halliwell! Get up now or you're walking to school." She yelled through the floor.
When their mother said something they both had taken her very seriously. They knew something in her past had made her that serious even though she was still witty and a real joker.
Getting up Rune weakly smiled walking through the bedroom door, towards the bathroom and walked in. For a second he hadn't remembered that today was his birthday. He was sixteen and that meant permit. He'd get the book, pass the test, and drive his mom's jeep. But Sebastian was older by five minutes, and that meant he'd get all the privileges: extended curfew, first dibs on the car, and everything else.
Showering he thought maybe something would happen to change all that. Something wonderful, something spectacular...was someone speaking to him? He could hear someone talking.
I am so worried. They are going to be released and if something happens today at school. Maybe they should stay home. Piper? Prue? I need you guys because I can't deal with this on my own.
Stepping out of the shower the sixteen year old shrugged. Maybe he hadn't heard anything that sounded like his mother. Maybe it hadn't been anything. Maybe...what was that he was hearing now?
That is the last time I wake him up. What does he need? A bugle call? I just can't wait to get to class so I don't have to see his pompous face! Ouch!! What's wrong with me? I am getting such a headache.
"Argh. Rune! Are you ready? Can you get me some aspirin? I have a headache." Sebastian's voice shouted through the door.
What was happening? How could he hear thoughts? Other than his own, it didn't make one bit of sense. He would have probably thought maybe he was still sleeping but hitting the door made him sure he wasn't. He was wearing old patch pants which were old covered in patches of the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and the early 2000s. He was wearing history basically and his favorite t-shirt that said "Its okay! I'm with the band." Putting on his Vans, which were ripped up due to their kitten "Luna." He didn't understand why they had a cat. His thoughts wandered till he heard a scream from downstairs.
Running downstairs, Rune looked to see his mom speechless standing, looking marveled and then he looked across from her to see a sheltie sitting across from her. Whose dog was that?
"Boys. Sebastian! Get out of that form right away. We have trouble." Their mother said.
There was a glimmer and the dog vanished replaced by Sebastian. It amazed the younger twin that his own twin had been a dog? How was it possible? But then Roan's memories returned to the stories back to when he was a child and heard all those stories.
"Mother? What is it? Why can I turn myself into a dog? That's crazy. Only people with magical powers can do that and those don't exist, maybe in the past but that was hundreds of years ago." Sebastian told my mom. She smiled weakly if anything and then started to talk. Catty had come inside by this point.
"I would like to tell you how magical powers have saved your family one thousand fold. Demons, Warlocks, and other things have tried to kill your aunts and me more than once. Because of those "magical powers" we were able to survive and I was able to have you two and Piper with Catty so do not say that magic isn't real because it is." She said in about three breathes to the boys and lady.
"Aunt Phoebe. I've known about my powers ever since I got my first scrape on my knee. I know that we are the Progeny. Those of the Charmed ones who will fight to keep the world from evil..." Catty explained to Rune and Sebastian.
"Wait a minute. Are you saying we're some kind of witches? We're going to fight demons and things to save the world. You're nuts." Rune told his cousin. He had the look of someone who had just been staked in the heart like a vampire.
"Are you saying that you knew about your powers ever since you were like 5 and you never told us? Catty, I love you but come on girl. Us? Witches. I can't really believe it without some proof." Sebastian told her.
"Fine. Aunt Phoebe? Would you please do the honor of showing my arrogant and idiotic cousins what the Charmed ones are made of?" She said taking a pencil, which wrapped around her blonde locks.
"Of course Catty, now boys watch and learn," And in an amazing feat she lifted herself off the ground hovering in mid-air. It was really amazing, and the boys were shocked to see what their mother could really do. "Now Rune I need to make sure of something. Did you receive your gift yet?"
"How the heck should I know? I mean come on. We just turned sixteen. How am I supposed to know what I can do? I mean we should be a traveling circus with healing girl and dog boy." Rune said harshly.
"Mom, not to spoil the moment but...we'll be late for our first day of school. Anyway I need to go see Ari. It's our four-month anniversary and I am taking her to the club tonight with Aunt Piper's permission." Sebastian told his mother as he gathered his bag filled with school supplies and went out the door to his aunt's car.
"Alright but we have to talk when you get back. You too Rune. If you both aren't feeling well at the end of the day call me on your cell phone and I'll come and get you. Alright?" The older charmed one asked.
"Yes Mother." Rune said rolling his eyes. Boy, for turning sixteen and finding out you come from a family of witches damn. But something arose in the young teen's mind: Who was their father?
Reaching school in the nick of time, they each separated going to their separate classes and being juniors in school their first set was homeroom. Rune's teacher was a young sophisticated type with a green blouse and a dark colored skirt that went right above her knees. She had dazzling red hair and dark green eyes making her look like a goddess from a myth or legend.
"When I call your name please say present." She said in a soft cheery voice.
The list of names rolled down and finally when she had reached the H's Roan suddenly heard something pop into his head, something that he didn't want to hear at all but unfortunately maybe this was God's way of trying to kill him.
Another Halliwell? They had children? The council will not like this bit of events one bit and if the kid has powers then the legend is really true. Oh well I better say the name and maybe they'll be absent or something.
"Rune? Rune Halliwell? Is there a Rune Halliwell here?" she asked the classroom.
Standing up he nodded to her and politely acknowledged her winking at her for no apparent reason.
"Present and accounted for ma'am. May I go make a phone call? It's very important." He said before sitting down again.
As if a weight had lift from her shoulder she nodded with the same dainty smile and Roan realized he smelled something that wasn't food. It was someone but who could it be? I mean he had smelt bad b.o. before but not as bad as that. He walked out of the classroom he walked outside the corridor and dialed his home number.
"Hi mom? Yes, it's Rune. Something strange just happened. I was in home room and I heard a voice but no one was speaking and the voice said something about a council or something and..." the phone went dead.
"So..." a voice said. "You are one of the heirs to the Charmed ones' powers. Are you the Spellcaster, the Oracle, or the Assassin? I wouldn't come out in broad daylight but I kill very quickly and you don't look like a match for me." The voice said and Roan heard the manifestation of evil sniffing.
"You are worthless boy. You are not the one I seek. Be lucky because if we cross paths, which we will, again then you are dead. I am just giving you leeway because you are not the target." And the manifestation vanished.
Suddenly Roan felt someone's hand on his shoulder. He spun around so quickly, he send someone against the wall before realizing it was his cousin, Catty.
"I sensed something! Did it hurt you? We have to go talk to my dad. I mean he can handle this sort of thing but are you okay?" she said nervously.
"I'm fine. Whatever it was didn't hurt me at all. All it said was that I was worthless and that I wasn't the one who it was seeking. Someone else I guess. But I did hear something about a council." Roan told her.
"The Neo-Triad. The new order of demons that replaced the original triad about three years ago. They haven't been active since our mothers' stopped them but I still don't get why the whatever it was, was confused with you." She said this pondering which Roan scrunched his eyes closed.
"Where are your hall passes lady and gentlemen?" a drawling voice asked them. Great they were in school for half an hour and they were already in trouble. They turned around to see a senior who was big in size wearing a jacket that said "Hall Patrol" on it.
"Galen, knock it off. We had to make an emergency phone call to his mom. Besides I can't be hanging out with you if I am stuck in detention." Catty told him pursing her luscious red lips at him.
Galen was lured in and he was so happy he forgot that Roan was standing there. Catty waved her arm nonchalantly, Roan getting a clue to get out of there and he walked back into his homeroom just to hear the bell ring.
"That was a very long phone call Mr. Halliwell." The teacher, who was later known as Mrs. Smith, said as he gathered his belongings to go to Environmental. He nodded and said something as he left the room.
"Yes, Mrs. Smith. Won't happen again."
The rest of the day went as smooth as possible or at least as smooth as Rune tried to make it. He had fallen asleep twice in math and was already being threatened with a phone call to his mother. Would his mom actually care? Anyway, the day was over and the three newly witches met each other outside in the student parking lot.
"Mom, wants me to drop you off but I have to do something first so I will be right back to pick you up and then I will drive Roan home." Catty said and then she vanished into the cafeteria, which was connected to the parking lot by a large dome room. Suddenly the air filled itself with soot and Sebastian started to shake viciously. He wasn't looking very good.
"Seb? Sebastian! Are you alright man?" he asked. His brother didn't say anything but he was coughing a lot. He nodded slightly and in a flash he was the Shetland sheepdog once again barking viciously at the darkness.
"You see boy. I told you I would find you again and what's this? You have a dog who is willing to sacrifice itself to save the likes of you." And suddenly a ball of light formed from the darkness. Roan knew he had to stop this thing from attacking his older brother. He just had to not let his brother get hurt. His mom would kill him.
"Take this you bag of hot air." And Roan concentrated and concentrated focusing on the voice that led him to a dreary and tangled mind.
No matter if I kill that one. I don't know why there is a dog but if that dog is his familiar then I will kill it as well. I must kill the child of Him at once if I want to survive. The Triad won't like it if I screw up again...what the...Argh...."
And at that moment the darkness faded to form a tall man with a long beard in an Armani suit with his hands holding an orange globe that was beginning to lose its form and the man fell on his knees.
"Stop it you worm! I must kill you! I must! For the good of the Triad! For the good of the triad!" and suddenly a voice was speaking, a voice that sounded very familiar.
"Light and Darkness
Full of Might
Burn the soul
We are forced to fight!"
Sebastian was back in his human form, the warlock or demon or whatever he was gasping in fear as he felt a burning sensation throughout his body and in a moment there was nothing but a scream and a pile of ashes that the wind picked up and carried away to some unknown place.
"I got here as soon as I could guys!! What happened?" Catty said tired as her breath heaved. " I sensed the evil presence but then it vanished a few moments ago. Can you tell me?" And at that moment Sebastian collapsed.
Soon later Sebastian woke surrounded by his family: his mother, aunt Piper, Uncle Leo, including Catty and Roan. He shrugged and his mother hugged him as if they were saying their goodbye.
"That was close. You don't know how lucky you are to be what you are." She told him and then she nodded to the boys Uncle Leo who was Piper's husband. They didn't know much about him but they loved him.
"You three are witches. Of course Catty has known this for most of her life but to protect you all we created a binding spell that would keep your powers from you till your seventeenth birthday. Sebastian has the ability of transmutation, Roan, the ability to attack the mind and see through it, and finally Catty can clone herself."
"Uncle Leo? Why would that thing want to have killed me and who's Him? I was reading that thing's mind and needed to kill me to appease the Triad or something like that." Roan told them and his family was shocked especially his mother.
"The triad is the three most powerful demons. I thought it had collapsed but the source must of created a new or Neo-Triad. It explains a lot, and the demon was never after you Roan, it was after Sebastian."
"After me? Why would it be after me? Why am I the target in question? Is it something about Dad Mom? Is that why they are after me? You said he never stopped watching over me but why of the three of us am I being targeted?" Sebastian asked with a many a question.
"I don't know the answer but there is something else. There is a book, a magic book that our family has in possession of ever since the seventeen hundreds called the Book of Shadows. It contains everything that we have fought or found upon our fighting the darkness. There is an idea that the children of the Charmed ones will have namesakes "The Spell caster, the Assassin, and the Oracle." And if I am not mistaken you Sebastian is the spell caster." His mother announced and Sebastian nodded agreeing with her but Roan was in outrage.
"Mom! We almost died if Sebastian hadn't said that mumbo jumbo. I don't want to be a witch! I am just a teenager!! All I want to be is a teenager and have a teenage life without demons, witches, familiars, succubus's, and anything else that doesn't belong. I don't want to hear people's thoughts in my head! Give the power to someone else because I don't want it!" he shouted and ran up the creaky oak stairs to his room.
"Let's go upstairs Sebbie. I think our elders want to talk quietly alone, come on. I'll show you the Book." Catty told him taking his hand leading him up the stairs to the attic.
"Let it sink in Phoebe. He'll be alright, it's just that what's happening to them will take a while to sink in and if I'm right, the Him that Roan was talking about is Cole and if the demon world has targeted your son there must be a reason for it. I am going up there to talk to them and see what the demons want with Sebastian. Don't worry." And after saying "Don't worry." The Whitelighter vanished in a haze of blue and white lights.
"It'll be okay Phoebe. At least nothing else bad could happen from this...right?" Piper told her questioningly.
"Wow. That's amazing," Sebastian replied going through the pages of the book when suddenly as if a wind was blowing through the house, the book had turned to a page of a demon with a face of something of Darth Maul's and on the other side of the page was a spell that read:
"White of Light
Dark of Night
Place Belthaszar
in my sight."
"Wow. I remember mom telling me about that demon. They had vanquished him in their third year as witches. He was really powerful and very dark, deceptive even. I think that was one of their best vanquishings. Did you turn to that page?"
"No. I didn't. The book did itself. Maybe we should say the spell and see what happens, I mean if he's dead he won't appear right?" Sebastian asked and Catty nodded and at once they started saying the spell.
"White of Light
Dark of Night
Place Belthaszar
In our sight."
They repeated the spell for about 10 more seconds when there was a dreadful wind and a hurricane of dark shadows in the corner of the room when the darth maul look like appeared.
"What? Who are you?" he moaned at the teenagers and then he saw the Book and then looked at them. "You, you're part of the three."
"Mom!" the teenagers yelled down the stairs and footsteps could be heard going up the staircase and the demon saw someone he hadn't seen in years.
"Phoebe, Piper. Your alive." The demon said and Phoebe clutched her heart and fainted from seeing the demon. Piper caught her just in time and she gazed at where the demon Belthaszar had once been standing.
"You should of told us you hadn't vanquished him Mom!" Catty yelled five minutes later in the boys' mother's room. She had the determined look of Prudence, Piper's older sister who was somewhere in Africa photographing lions.
"Well you two shouldn't have said a spell that could of killed you." Piper retorted back at her only child.
"Well you shouldn't of lied and said you killed him when you really didn't and we didn't mean to say the spell. The book turned to the demon's page without us touching it!"
Piper placed a hand in front of her face to cover a gasp and sat down quickly catching her breath. Had she turned the pages for them? It was quite absurd but she was their great grandmother after all. She eyed the two teenagers, they were so young to receive their gifts at their age unlike her when she had received them when she was in her early twenties.
Suddenly the front door of the house blasted open the doors' removed from their hinges and standing in the doorway was a man. He was very handsome with spiky black hair and dark impenetrable eyes.
"Give me the boy!" he shouted at Piper and she jumped up ready to fight. She concentrated and time froze but she saw the man fighting her power trying to break free.
"Sebastian! Catty! Roan!! We have company!" she shouted to the next room. There were a many a footsteps and the three teenagers stood together. They were holding hands, their eyes closed.
"I want him and I want him now," The man said. "Even the power of a charmed one is no match for myself. I am Clydus and I cannot be defeated by these puny attempts of powers."
Roan concentrated to the best of the ability to enter and attack the man's mind but nothing worked. His power went into the mind and went right out. Something was really wrong. While he was doing that Catty concentrated too, she sort of split in half and flew herself into the body of the man but nothing worked and the copy was thrown back into the original.
"It's your turn boy and don't make me cry out loud when I start killing your entire family and then the whitelighter." Clydus threatened but to Sebastian they were empty words, he knew what he had to due. He had the power all along and never knew it. Picking up a flower a wave of blue light filled the room and it became a small dagger.
"Do you think that dagger will help stop me from killing you child?" he asked but he was saying this unsure of himself, he didn't know what the boy was fully but knew he could handle him.
"Either get out now or die. Dagger with this spell I cast strike the limbs and make them not...last!" and with that spell the dagger glew with a bright orange haze flying and chopping the man's hand off letting it writhe and he screamed in pain before the hand and its owner vanished into the darkness.
"Guys are you okay?" Sebastian asked a few hours later. Uncle Leo had returned and had told Piper what he had learned but Sebastian never found out because he was taking care of his brother and cousin who were bruised. Phoebe had awoken from her fainting spell and was very proud of her son who had defeated a demon, it hadn't been a vanquishing but that was good enough for her.
Meanwhile outside the house of light and darkness stood the man who was yelling at himself.
"I should have been ready! I could have destroyed the Halliwell line in one fall swoop. That boy is very powerful, more powerful then the rest of them. He is my weakness, he is what could destroy me but...no...he will not. I'll find a way to divide and conquer and then my job will be done and I will finally be able to go after my real prize. The boy's father."
At the house Sebastian was talking to Catty and Roan while their parents were making dinner in the kitchen, the boys' Aunt watching Leo cook for probably the first time ever.
"Guys because of what we did today we are able to live," and Catty smacked Roan for not paying attention. We kicked ass today. Real ass. We know what's out there now and we can protect ourselves. We'll stop this Clydus character and then we'll find out everything we want to know."
And the two nodded wondering what was next for the progeny of the Charmed Ones.
-To Be Continued.
Don't you hate that? Can I be an ass? Of course you can Roan, sure Roan. Well that's the first chapter of our story. I know you hate the "To be Continued" Dramatic music and then you'll expect me to tell my brother and my cousin to start on their chapters right? Of course or no one will ever find out what happened after our first confrontation with Clydus. He is such a bum. You'll never find out how I got a girlfriend or how Catty and Sebastian.... well you'll find out.
Peace out everybody!
-Roan Halliwell
The Assassin
Chapter 1
Rune
Waking up in the early morning sunlight, Rune Halliwell, twin of Sebastian rose from his bed stretching while yawning at the same time. Looking down to the clutter of his half of the room he saw his brother sitting across from him, dressed and waiting.
"Took you long enough slowpoke. We'll probably be late because of you and Catty is coming to pick us up in five minutes so get dressed now. She'll have breakfast waiting for us even though I already ate. Aunt Piper is going to take me to the club after school so you'll either come with, or take the bus."
Rune didn't know how his brother could fit that whole schpeel into one paragraph. He regarded himself as the troublemaker of the family taking after his mother Phoebe. She had been like him, one who disregarded rules and made them up as he went along, his brother on the other hand was just the opposite who was very serious twenty-four seven and yet had some dark side that no one really understood.
"Listen Sebastian, I don't know where you get off telling me what to do. I'm sorry if I make Mr. Perfect Attendance boy late, but chill. It's only the second day of school..."
"And we were still late you jerk! Mom! Rune won't get up so I am late for school." Sebastian shouted through the floor. Their mother lived right under them; well actually she was in the kitchen and had heard the conversation.
"Rune Halliwell! Get up now or you're walking to school." She yelled through the floor.
When their mother said something they both had taken her very seriously. They knew something in her past had made her that serious even though she was still witty and a real joker.
Getting up Rune weakly smiled walking through the bedroom door, towards the bathroom and walked in. For a second he hadn't remembered that today was his birthday. He was sixteen and that meant permit. He'd get the book, pass the test, and drive his mom's jeep. But Sebastian was older by five minutes, and that meant he'd get all the privileges: extended curfew, first dibs on the car, and everything else.
Showering he thought maybe something would happen to change all that. Something wonderful, something spectacular...was someone speaking to him? He could hear someone talking.
I am so worried. They are going to be released and if something happens today at school. Maybe they should stay home. Piper? Prue? I need you guys because I can't deal with this on my own.
Stepping out of the shower the sixteen year old shrugged. Maybe he hadn't heard anything that sounded like his mother. Maybe it hadn't been anything. Maybe...what was that he was hearing now?
That is the last time I wake him up. What does he need? A bugle call? I just can't wait to get to class so I don't have to see his pompous face! Ouch!! What's wrong with me? I am getting such a headache.
"Argh. Rune! Are you ready? Can you get me some aspirin? I have a headache." Sebastian's voice shouted through the door.
What was happening? How could he hear thoughts? Other than his own, it didn't make one bit of sense. He would have probably thought maybe he was still sleeping but hitting the door made him sure he wasn't. He was wearing old patch pants which were old covered in patches of the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and the early 2000s. He was wearing history basically and his favorite t-shirt that said "Its okay! I'm with the band." Putting on his Vans, which were ripped up due to their kitten "Luna." He didn't understand why they had a cat. His thoughts wandered till he heard a scream from downstairs.
Running downstairs, Rune looked to see his mom speechless standing, looking marveled and then he looked across from her to see a sheltie sitting across from her. Whose dog was that?
"Boys. Sebastian! Get out of that form right away. We have trouble." Their mother said.
There was a glimmer and the dog vanished replaced by Sebastian. It amazed the younger twin that his own twin had been a dog? How was it possible? But then Roan's memories returned to the stories back to when he was a child and heard all those stories.
"Mother? What is it? Why can I turn myself into a dog? That's crazy. Only people with magical powers can do that and those don't exist, maybe in the past but that was hundreds of years ago." Sebastian told my mom. She smiled weakly if anything and then started to talk. Catty had come inside by this point.
"I would like to tell you how magical powers have saved your family one thousand fold. Demons, Warlocks, and other things have tried to kill your aunts and me more than once. Because of those "magical powers" we were able to survive and I was able to have you two and Piper with Catty so do not say that magic isn't real because it is." She said in about three breathes to the boys and lady.
"Aunt Phoebe. I've known about my powers ever since I got my first scrape on my knee. I know that we are the Progeny. Those of the Charmed ones who will fight to keep the world from evil..." Catty explained to Rune and Sebastian.
"Wait a minute. Are you saying we're some kind of witches? We're going to fight demons and things to save the world. You're nuts." Rune told his cousin. He had the look of someone who had just been staked in the heart like a vampire.
"Are you saying that you knew about your powers ever since you were like 5 and you never told us? Catty, I love you but come on girl. Us? Witches. I can't really believe it without some proof." Sebastian told her.
"Fine. Aunt Phoebe? Would you please do the honor of showing my arrogant and idiotic cousins what the Charmed ones are made of?" She said taking a pencil, which wrapped around her blonde locks.
"Of course Catty, now boys watch and learn," And in an amazing feat she lifted herself off the ground hovering in mid-air. It was really amazing, and the boys were shocked to see what their mother could really do. "Now Rune I need to make sure of something. Did you receive your gift yet?"
"How the heck should I know? I mean come on. We just turned sixteen. How am I supposed to know what I can do? I mean we should be a traveling circus with healing girl and dog boy." Rune said harshly.
"Mom, not to spoil the moment but...we'll be late for our first day of school. Anyway I need to go see Ari. It's our four-month anniversary and I am taking her to the club tonight with Aunt Piper's permission." Sebastian told his mother as he gathered his bag filled with school supplies and went out the door to his aunt's car.
"Alright but we have to talk when you get back. You too Rune. If you both aren't feeling well at the end of the day call me on your cell phone and I'll come and get you. Alright?" The older charmed one asked.
"Yes Mother." Rune said rolling his eyes. Boy, for turning sixteen and finding out you come from a family of witches damn. But something arose in the young teen's mind: Who was their father?
Reaching school in the nick of time, they each separated going to their separate classes and being juniors in school their first set was homeroom. Rune's teacher was a young sophisticated type with a green blouse and a dark colored skirt that went right above her knees. She had dazzling red hair and dark green eyes making her look like a goddess from a myth or legend.
"When I call your name please say present." She said in a soft cheery voice.
The list of names rolled down and finally when she had reached the H's Roan suddenly heard something pop into his head, something that he didn't want to hear at all but unfortunately maybe this was God's way of trying to kill him.
Another Halliwell? They had children? The council will not like this bit of events one bit and if the kid has powers then the legend is really true. Oh well I better say the name and maybe they'll be absent or something.
"Rune? Rune Halliwell? Is there a Rune Halliwell here?" she asked the classroom.
Standing up he nodded to her and politely acknowledged her winking at her for no apparent reason.
"Present and accounted for ma'am. May I go make a phone call? It's very important." He said before sitting down again.
As if a weight had lift from her shoulder she nodded with the same dainty smile and Roan realized he smelled something that wasn't food. It was someone but who could it be? I mean he had smelt bad b.o. before but not as bad as that. He walked out of the classroom he walked outside the corridor and dialed his home number.
"Hi mom? Yes, it's Rune. Something strange just happened. I was in home room and I heard a voice but no one was speaking and the voice said something about a council or something and..." the phone went dead.
"So..." a voice said. "You are one of the heirs to the Charmed ones' powers. Are you the Spellcaster, the Oracle, or the Assassin? I wouldn't come out in broad daylight but I kill very quickly and you don't look like a match for me." The voice said and Roan heard the manifestation of evil sniffing.
"You are worthless boy. You are not the one I seek. Be lucky because if we cross paths, which we will, again then you are dead. I am just giving you leeway because you are not the target." And the manifestation vanished.
Suddenly Roan felt someone's hand on his shoulder. He spun around so quickly, he send someone against the wall before realizing it was his cousin, Catty.
"I sensed something! Did it hurt you? We have to go talk to my dad. I mean he can handle this sort of thing but are you okay?" she said nervously.
"I'm fine. Whatever it was didn't hurt me at all. All it said was that I was worthless and that I wasn't the one who it was seeking. Someone else I guess. But I did hear something about a council." Roan told her.
"The Neo-Triad. The new order of demons that replaced the original triad about three years ago. They haven't been active since our mothers' stopped them but I still don't get why the whatever it was, was confused with you." She said this pondering which Roan scrunched his eyes closed.
"Where are your hall passes lady and gentlemen?" a drawling voice asked them. Great they were in school for half an hour and they were already in trouble. They turned around to see a senior who was big in size wearing a jacket that said "Hall Patrol" on it.
"Galen, knock it off. We had to make an emergency phone call to his mom. Besides I can't be hanging out with you if I am stuck in detention." Catty told him pursing her luscious red lips at him.
Galen was lured in and he was so happy he forgot that Roan was standing there. Catty waved her arm nonchalantly, Roan getting a clue to get out of there and he walked back into his homeroom just to hear the bell ring.
"That was a very long phone call Mr. Halliwell." The teacher, who was later known as Mrs. Smith, said as he gathered his belongings to go to Environmental. He nodded and said something as he left the room.
"Yes, Mrs. Smith. Won't happen again."
The rest of the day went as smooth as possible or at least as smooth as Rune tried to make it. He had fallen asleep twice in math and was already being threatened with a phone call to his mother. Would his mom actually care? Anyway, the day was over and the three newly witches met each other outside in the student parking lot.
"Mom, wants me to drop you off but I have to do something first so I will be right back to pick you up and then I will drive Roan home." Catty said and then she vanished into the cafeteria, which was connected to the parking lot by a large dome room. Suddenly the air filled itself with soot and Sebastian started to shake viciously. He wasn't looking very good.
"Seb? Sebastian! Are you alright man?" he asked. His brother didn't say anything but he was coughing a lot. He nodded slightly and in a flash he was the Shetland sheepdog once again barking viciously at the darkness.
"You see boy. I told you I would find you again and what's this? You have a dog who is willing to sacrifice itself to save the likes of you." And suddenly a ball of light formed from the darkness. Roan knew he had to stop this thing from attacking his older brother. He just had to not let his brother get hurt. His mom would kill him.
"Take this you bag of hot air." And Roan concentrated and concentrated focusing on the voice that led him to a dreary and tangled mind.
No matter if I kill that one. I don't know why there is a dog but if that dog is his familiar then I will kill it as well. I must kill the child of Him at once if I want to survive. The Triad won't like it if I screw up again...what the...Argh...."
And at that moment the darkness faded to form a tall man with a long beard in an Armani suit with his hands holding an orange globe that was beginning to lose its form and the man fell on his knees.
"Stop it you worm! I must kill you! I must! For the good of the Triad! For the good of the triad!" and suddenly a voice was speaking, a voice that sounded very familiar.
"Light and Darkness
Full of Might
Burn the soul
We are forced to fight!"
Sebastian was back in his human form, the warlock or demon or whatever he was gasping in fear as he felt a burning sensation throughout his body and in a moment there was nothing but a scream and a pile of ashes that the wind picked up and carried away to some unknown place.
"I got here as soon as I could guys!! What happened?" Catty said tired as her breath heaved. " I sensed the evil presence but then it vanished a few moments ago. Can you tell me?" And at that moment Sebastian collapsed.
Soon later Sebastian woke surrounded by his family: his mother, aunt Piper, Uncle Leo, including Catty and Roan. He shrugged and his mother hugged him as if they were saying their goodbye.
"That was close. You don't know how lucky you are to be what you are." She told him and then she nodded to the boys Uncle Leo who was Piper's husband. They didn't know much about him but they loved him.
"You three are witches. Of course Catty has known this for most of her life but to protect you all we created a binding spell that would keep your powers from you till your seventeenth birthday. Sebastian has the ability of transmutation, Roan, the ability to attack the mind and see through it, and finally Catty can clone herself."
"Uncle Leo? Why would that thing want to have killed me and who's Him? I was reading that thing's mind and needed to kill me to appease the Triad or something like that." Roan told them and his family was shocked especially his mother.
"The triad is the three most powerful demons. I thought it had collapsed but the source must of created a new or Neo-Triad. It explains a lot, and the demon was never after you Roan, it was after Sebastian."
"After me? Why would it be after me? Why am I the target in question? Is it something about Dad Mom? Is that why they are after me? You said he never stopped watching over me but why of the three of us am I being targeted?" Sebastian asked with a many a question.
"I don't know the answer but there is something else. There is a book, a magic book that our family has in possession of ever since the seventeen hundreds called the Book of Shadows. It contains everything that we have fought or found upon our fighting the darkness. There is an idea that the children of the Charmed ones will have namesakes "The Spell caster, the Assassin, and the Oracle." And if I am not mistaken you Sebastian is the spell caster." His mother announced and Sebastian nodded agreeing with her but Roan was in outrage.
"Mom! We almost died if Sebastian hadn't said that mumbo jumbo. I don't want to be a witch! I am just a teenager!! All I want to be is a teenager and have a teenage life without demons, witches, familiars, succubus's, and anything else that doesn't belong. I don't want to hear people's thoughts in my head! Give the power to someone else because I don't want it!" he shouted and ran up the creaky oak stairs to his room.
"Let's go upstairs Sebbie. I think our elders want to talk quietly alone, come on. I'll show you the Book." Catty told him taking his hand leading him up the stairs to the attic.
"Let it sink in Phoebe. He'll be alright, it's just that what's happening to them will take a while to sink in and if I'm right, the Him that Roan was talking about is Cole and if the demon world has targeted your son there must be a reason for it. I am going up there to talk to them and see what the demons want with Sebastian. Don't worry." And after saying "Don't worry." The Whitelighter vanished in a haze of blue and white lights.
"It'll be okay Phoebe. At least nothing else bad could happen from this...right?" Piper told her questioningly.
"Wow. That's amazing," Sebastian replied going through the pages of the book when suddenly as if a wind was blowing through the house, the book had turned to a page of a demon with a face of something of Darth Maul's and on the other side of the page was a spell that read:
"White of Light
Dark of Night
Place Belthaszar
in my sight."
"Wow. I remember mom telling me about that demon. They had vanquished him in their third year as witches. He was really powerful and very dark, deceptive even. I think that was one of their best vanquishings. Did you turn to that page?"
"No. I didn't. The book did itself. Maybe we should say the spell and see what happens, I mean if he's dead he won't appear right?" Sebastian asked and Catty nodded and at once they started saying the spell.
"White of Light
Dark of Night
Place Belthaszar
In our sight."
They repeated the spell for about 10 more seconds when there was a dreadful wind and a hurricane of dark shadows in the corner of the room when the darth maul look like appeared.
"What? Who are you?" he moaned at the teenagers and then he saw the Book and then looked at them. "You, you're part of the three."
"Mom!" the teenagers yelled down the stairs and footsteps could be heard going up the staircase and the demon saw someone he hadn't seen in years.
"Phoebe, Piper. Your alive." The demon said and Phoebe clutched her heart and fainted from seeing the demon. Piper caught her just in time and she gazed at where the demon Belthaszar had once been standing.
"You should of told us you hadn't vanquished him Mom!" Catty yelled five minutes later in the boys' mother's room. She had the determined look of Prudence, Piper's older sister who was somewhere in Africa photographing lions.
"Well you two shouldn't have said a spell that could of killed you." Piper retorted back at her only child.
"Well you shouldn't of lied and said you killed him when you really didn't and we didn't mean to say the spell. The book turned to the demon's page without us touching it!"
Piper placed a hand in front of her face to cover a gasp and sat down quickly catching her breath. Had she turned the pages for them? It was quite absurd but she was their great grandmother after all. She eyed the two teenagers, they were so young to receive their gifts at their age unlike her when she had received them when she was in her early twenties.
Suddenly the front door of the house blasted open the doors' removed from their hinges and standing in the doorway was a man. He was very handsome with spiky black hair and dark impenetrable eyes.
"Give me the boy!" he shouted at Piper and she jumped up ready to fight. She concentrated and time froze but she saw the man fighting her power trying to break free.
"Sebastian! Catty! Roan!! We have company!" she shouted to the next room. There were a many a footsteps and the three teenagers stood together. They were holding hands, their eyes closed.
"I want him and I want him now," The man said. "Even the power of a charmed one is no match for myself. I am Clydus and I cannot be defeated by these puny attempts of powers."
Roan concentrated to the best of the ability to enter and attack the man's mind but nothing worked. His power went into the mind and went right out. Something was really wrong. While he was doing that Catty concentrated too, she sort of split in half and flew herself into the body of the man but nothing worked and the copy was thrown back into the original.
"It's your turn boy and don't make me cry out loud when I start killing your entire family and then the whitelighter." Clydus threatened but to Sebastian they were empty words, he knew what he had to due. He had the power all along and never knew it. Picking up a flower a wave of blue light filled the room and it became a small dagger.
"Do you think that dagger will help stop me from killing you child?" he asked but he was saying this unsure of himself, he didn't know what the boy was fully but knew he could handle him.
"Either get out now or die. Dagger with this spell I cast strike the limbs and make them not...last!" and with that spell the dagger glew with a bright orange haze flying and chopping the man's hand off letting it writhe and he screamed in pain before the hand and its owner vanished into the darkness.
"Guys are you okay?" Sebastian asked a few hours later. Uncle Leo had returned and had told Piper what he had learned but Sebastian never found out because he was taking care of his brother and cousin who were bruised. Phoebe had awoken from her fainting spell and was very proud of her son who had defeated a demon, it hadn't been a vanquishing but that was good enough for her.
Meanwhile outside the house of light and darkness stood the man who was yelling at himself.
"I should have been ready! I could have destroyed the Halliwell line in one fall swoop. That boy is very powerful, more powerful then the rest of them. He is my weakness, he is what could destroy me but...no...he will not. I'll find a way to divide and conquer and then my job will be done and I will finally be able to go after my real prize. The boy's father."
At the house Sebastian was talking to Catty and Roan while their parents were making dinner in the kitchen, the boys' Aunt watching Leo cook for probably the first time ever.
"Guys because of what we did today we are able to live," and Catty smacked Roan for not paying attention. We kicked ass today. Real ass. We know what's out there now and we can protect ourselves. We'll stop this Clydus character and then we'll find out everything we want to know."
And the two nodded wondering what was next for the progeny of the Charmed Ones.
-To Be Continued.
Don't you hate that? Can I be an ass? Of course you can Roan, sure Roan. Well that's the first chapter of our story. I know you hate the "To be Continued" Dramatic music and then you'll expect me to tell my brother and my cousin to start on their chapters right? Of course or no one will ever find out what happened after our first confrontation with Clydus. He is such a bum. You'll never find out how I got a girlfriend or how Catty and Sebastian.... well you'll find out.
Peace out everybody!
-Roan Halliwell
The Assassin