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*****Chapter 2*****
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*Next day*
"Leo... Phoebe... Paige?" Piper whispered as she walked down the manor hallway. It was dark and all she could see was Phoebe's light on from the crack in her door. "Phoebe?"
She pushed the door open and screamed. Her stomach felt like it was coming out of her mouth as she leaned over and puked. When she looked up she expected the image of Phoebe hanging from the light with a knife in her back and blood splattered walls to go away but it didn't. "Phoebe!" She rushed into the room crying even harder than she had when Prue died. "LEO!" She pulled the knife from her sister's stomach and set it on the bed. Knowing what to expect she checked Phoebe's pulse. Nothing. Shaking, the witch turned from her sister's body and ran out of the room crying out for Leo. As she ran out she had a glimpse of Phoebe's mirror and saw the demon with two heads from the day before looking at her. Piper slammed the door closed and held in for a few minutes.
"LEO!" She put a hand over her mouth and felt the wetness touch her when she looked at her hands all she saw was darkness. "Leo? Where are you!"
She didn't know why but something drew her to get up and walk up to the attic. The attic was dark except for the stain glass window which let in only enough light to see the outline of a person.
"Paige? Leo?" Her voice shook as she struggled out these words.
Walking closer she noticed her feet step into dampness. It was warm.
"Please let that be you Leo..."
She edged closer and reached out a hand and placed in on the figures shoulders. It was warm. She recognized the figure as Leo's almost immediately.
"Leo? What's going on?" She asked.
Candles flickered on suddenly across the room. On instinct Piper threw her hands up to freeze but it didn't work. She looked at Leo who was standing in the middle o f the room with his throat slit in a puddle of blood. Screaming, Piper ran downstairs and into the bathroom where she locked herself in. 'Leo can't die!' She told herself. 'He's dead already!'
She flipped the light on but for some reason it wasn't it's normal brightness it seemed foggy and dull. As she gazed at herself in the mirror she saw blood smeared across her face and crusted in her hair. She shuddered and fell to the floor in a frenzy of sobs. "Leo! Phoebe!" She cried out hoping to hear their voices reassuring her. "Please help me!"
The showering flicked on sending streams of water splashing in the tub. Piper screamed again and hugged herself as she listened to the awkward pitter-pattering of the water against something in the tub. She didn't know why but something was making her get up and pull the certain back. She screamed and threw her hand over her mouth as she starred upon Paige's body face down in a pool of blood.
"No..." She whimpered. The witch was alone now. She slid against the sink turning towards the mirror where she caught a glimpse of Hollarad and collapsed.
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Screams were heard throughout the Halliwell house in the middle of the night.
Leo shot up from his laying position in Piper and his bed to find Piper no where in site. He shifted his eyes to the door and focused his thoughts on Piper and orbed to her. He had orbed himself into the bathroom where Piper sat frantically shrieking and backing up into the counter. Her eyes were tightly closed and her fingers trying to push farther away from the tub.
"Piper?" Leo asked in a frightened tone.
"What's going on?" Phoebe asked as her and Cole ran into the bathroom holding hands, Paige only a second behind them.
"I don't know she just was screaming." Leo reached out and shook Piper.
Piper screamed louder and her eyes flew open. "Leo?" She asked as she reached out and touched his cheek.
She smiled brightly and stood between Leo and Phoebe and hugged them tightly then grabbed Paige and hugged her also.
Paige gave a weak smile at Phoebe and Cole and hugged Piper back. "Uh... Piper?" She paused and pulled away from the oldest Halliwell witch. "Why were you screaming?"
"Oh... it was just a dream. Everyone died on me..." She looked at Cole. "You weren't there though."
Cole shrugged and headed for Phoebe's room.
"Honey, are you o k?" Phoebe asked as she bbrushed Piper's hair behind her ear. Once she contacted she had a premonition.
**Piper. Walking down the Hallway. Phoebe hanging in her room. Leo dead in the attic. Paige drowning in the bathtub filled with blood. Then she saw Hollarad looking and laughing at Piper. He wore a cape which was closed around him.**
Phoebe shrieked as she came out of the premonition and nearly collapsed onto the floor but was caught by Leo. "I...I-I" She stammered as she looked from Paige to Leo. "I saw us... we were... we died! We are going to die!" She paused to catch her breath and explained. "Piper was a lone in the house and we were dead!"
Cole rushed into the Bathroom and looked at Phoebe with concern.
Piper gazed at the ground. "How did you die?"
"Uh... I was hung. I think I had a knife in my stomach." she made a gesturing motion like a knife going threw her stomach. "Leo was in the attic with his throat slit." She cringed as she remembered the details of her dream. "And Paige was face down in the Bathtub. And it was filled-"
Piper cut her sister off. "-with blood..." Her voice trailed as she sunk into Leo's arms.
"How'd you know?" Cole asked.
"It was my dream! Hollarad killed you all!" Her sobs were muffled as she buried her face in Leo's shoulder.
Leo rubbed Piper's back. "I'm going to let her rest. We can figure it out in the morning." He told the other three as he orbed out of the bathroom.
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Phoebe opened her brown eyes to greet the warm sunlight. She looked at the clock. It was eight in the morning. Cole was sleeping next to her. She pulled herself from the bed and undressed from the jeans and sweatshirt she had been wearing for the past three days and threw a robe over her.
Cole stretched and opened his eyes to see Phoebe drop her clothes in the corner and walk into her closet to find something to wear. "I think what's under that is perfect." He said with a boyish grin. "Maybe we can just relax today..." He patted the bed signaling for her to come over to him.
"Nothing you have in mind will lead to rest!" She laughed and pulled out a halter top and black bellbottoms. "Plus I'm sure we have a lot of demon fighting to do today. I need a shower!" She smiled and opened the bedroom door. "Talk to you soon." She closed the door behind her as she walked into the hallway and to the bathroom.
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Hollarad, still invisible walked up to the manor quite satisfied with the morning before. He levitated as he looked into the first floor windows. No one was up yet.
"Did you have fun last night Piper?" he asked aloud as if Piper was in front of him. "Did you enjoy your nightmares?"
Smiling, Hollarad levitated to the second floor and looked in the windows. He saw a man, obviously the ex demon Belthazor that he had heard so much about.
"Where's the witch." He asked himself as he levitated to the side and peered into another window where he saw the youngest Halliwell witch trying to sleep. She shifted back and forth and threw a pillow over her head. He heard why she couldn't sleep. Piper was whimpering in the next room. He levitated more to the side and saw her and her whitelighter laying on the bed together.
"Hollarad... I need to get out of your body!" a voice shouted from his stomach.
Hollarad shift his cape to the side. "What do you think I have been trying to do?" He asked as he shoved a piece of the cape into the faces mouth. "Patience Bracees. Patience!"
