Chapter 1 - The Charmed Ones Times Two?
Phoebe looked over at Prue as she began to munch on a slice of cheddar cheese. "So what's on your mind?"
Prue shrugged. "I don't know. Just feeling a little down I guess," she said as she ran a hand through her glossy black hair.
Phoebe's mocha brown eyes registered concern as she looked scrutinizingly at her oldest sister. "It's more than that. What is it?" she demanded.
But Prue didn't get time to answer as Piper and Leo came into the kitchen and sat down with a smile.
Piper gave her usual good natured. "Morning. How is everyone?"
Phoebe started to reply when there was a shimmer beside her and Cole appeared. She gave a glad cry and threw herself into his arms.
He greeted her with a kiss then he looked up and said with a sigh. "I heard that they're going to to be sending someone else for the Book of Shadows."
Immediately conversation stopped and they all looked at Cole expectantly. "Do you know who?" they all asked in unison.
He nodded. "Mercedes. She's very good at her job. Almost as good as I was but she won't fall in love with a witch and decide to be good, I'm afraid. She's out all for her own purposes."
Phoebe looked up at him with loving eyes and brushed a strand of dark hair off of hs forehead and said, "Well you were out for yourself when you started too."
Cole shook his head. "No, Mercedes is different. She is one of an elite group called the Blood Sisters and they have then enitre group at their disposal. She is the second highest ranking in the group."
"Oh?" Prue said as she knit her fine eyebrows together in confusion "That doesn't sound like their style. Why don't they send their most elite member?"
Cole rubbed a hand over his eyes and said with a sigh. "Something about her being time encompased."
Prue shook her head. "Time encompased? I-I don't get it. What's time encompased?"
Cole shrugged. "It's hard to explain. Something about her not existing in this time. She is born somewhere in the future or something."
"Wait," Piper said holding up a finger to stop him. "How can she be thier most elite member if she isn't even there."
Cole sighed again. "Something about one day she will come from the future into the past and she will claim her place as the rightful head of the Blood Sisters and the most powerful demon next to the Source. "
"Wow, that can't be good." Piper said ironically.
Prue nodded. "She's right. We should all go up to the attic and see what we can find on this Mercedes and the Blood Sisters. Do you know the name of the demon that is supposed to be coming?"
"I don't know. It says 'she shall come unnamed and feared by all but the source' and thats all. It doesn't say who she is or even when she'll come. It just says that Mercedes shall herald her coming."
"Great. That tells us a lot," she said as she opened the door to the attic and they ran for the Book of Shadows.
Cole stayed a safe distance, knowing the book didn't like him.
Phoebe held her hands over the book and closed her eyes. The book seemed to rspond to her silent plea and began flipping furiously through pages until it stopped at a page titled Mercedes.
There was a full length picture done in soft chalky colors down one
side of the page of a women demon with very white skin and fangs. Her lips were black and so were her nails. Her sleek hip length hair was held in a low loose ponytail with a silver band and she glared at someone with cat-like red eyes. Around her throat was a black choker with an oval ruby hanging from it. She wore a tight black shirt with shaggy edges and silver beaded straps. With
it she wore tight black stretch pants and black high heeled sandals and silver armbands around both upper arms.
Cole looked at the picture, making sure to stay a safe distance away and said with nod. "Do you see that choker with the ruby on it?"
They all nodded and Cole explained. "All the Blood Sisters wear those. Its their symbol. They are tied together with a bond thats unbreakable as far as anyone is concerned."
"Great," Piper said. "That will make our job easier."
Phoebe looked over at Piper and said with a laugh. "Sarcasm from you Piper? Marrigae must be getting to you."
Piper glared at her younger sister and then turned back to the Book of Shadows.
Prue began to read. "Mercedes is the second highest ranking demon of an elite group called the Blood Sisters and she is said to be the heralder of the ultimate demon who will be second only to the sourse. She-" Prue didn't have a chance to finish reading because there was suddenly a flash of light and four people appeared in the attic room of the old victorian house.
They all turned and dropped into defensive stances.
There were three young women ranging in age from about nineteen to twenty-three and one young man who looked like he was probably around twenty-five or so.
The three young women were all long legged with high cheekbones, full lips, and long cat-like, but similarties ended there.
The first girl, who seemed to be in charge though she didn't look like she was the oldest, had very short light blond hair done in a stylish pixie cut and her dark brown eyes were nearly black, she had a small, straight button nose and broad cheekbones. She wore a tiny diamond stud in the left side of her nose and her short black top left her midriff bare, showing the sprakling ruby teardrop in her belly button.
The oldest looking girl had waist length dark brown hair that was nearly black and her slightly slanted, very light, sparkling amber eyes glowed against their fringe of thick black lashes.
The last girl who was also the youngest, probably around nineteen or twenty, had luxurious shoulder length, coal black hair and sultry coal black eyes to compliment her full light pink lips and extremely pale skin.
The young man had to be one of the single cutest guys to ever walk the earth with floppy black curls, velvet black eyes, and a slight cleft in his chin. He smiled hesitantly at them, revealing dimples in his cheeks.
"Who are you guys?" Prue demanded.
The blond haired one answered. "I'm Ebony." She pointed to the amber eyed beauty and then to the black haired one. "The one with the amber eyes is my older cousin, Biancae and the black haired one is my younger cousin, Bri."
The young man cleared his throat and then said in a deep velvety purr. "And I'm Brett, their White Lighter."
They all straightened up. "White Lighter?" Piper asked.
"They're witches?" Prue asked.
Ebony nodded. "Yes. We're the Charmed Ones."
Phoebe looked over at Prue as she began to munch on a slice of cheddar cheese. "So what's on your mind?"
Prue shrugged. "I don't know. Just feeling a little down I guess," she said as she ran a hand through her glossy black hair.
Phoebe's mocha brown eyes registered concern as she looked scrutinizingly at her oldest sister. "It's more than that. What is it?" she demanded.
But Prue didn't get time to answer as Piper and Leo came into the kitchen and sat down with a smile.
Piper gave her usual good natured. "Morning. How is everyone?"
Phoebe started to reply when there was a shimmer beside her and Cole appeared. She gave a glad cry and threw herself into his arms.
He greeted her with a kiss then he looked up and said with a sigh. "I heard that they're going to to be sending someone else for the Book of Shadows."
Immediately conversation stopped and they all looked at Cole expectantly. "Do you know who?" they all asked in unison.
He nodded. "Mercedes. She's very good at her job. Almost as good as I was but she won't fall in love with a witch and decide to be good, I'm afraid. She's out all for her own purposes."
Phoebe looked up at him with loving eyes and brushed a strand of dark hair off of hs forehead and said, "Well you were out for yourself when you started too."
Cole shook his head. "No, Mercedes is different. She is one of an elite group called the Blood Sisters and they have then enitre group at their disposal. She is the second highest ranking in the group."
"Oh?" Prue said as she knit her fine eyebrows together in confusion "That doesn't sound like their style. Why don't they send their most elite member?"
Cole rubbed a hand over his eyes and said with a sigh. "Something about her being time encompased."
Prue shook her head. "Time encompased? I-I don't get it. What's time encompased?"
Cole shrugged. "It's hard to explain. Something about her not existing in this time. She is born somewhere in the future or something."
"Wait," Piper said holding up a finger to stop him. "How can she be thier most elite member if she isn't even there."
Cole sighed again. "Something about one day she will come from the future into the past and she will claim her place as the rightful head of the Blood Sisters and the most powerful demon next to the Source. "
"Wow, that can't be good." Piper said ironically.
Prue nodded. "She's right. We should all go up to the attic and see what we can find on this Mercedes and the Blood Sisters. Do you know the name of the demon that is supposed to be coming?"
"I don't know. It says 'she shall come unnamed and feared by all but the source' and thats all. It doesn't say who she is or even when she'll come. It just says that Mercedes shall herald her coming."
"Great. That tells us a lot," she said as she opened the door to the attic and they ran for the Book of Shadows.
Cole stayed a safe distance, knowing the book didn't like him.
Phoebe held her hands over the book and closed her eyes. The book seemed to rspond to her silent plea and began flipping furiously through pages until it stopped at a page titled Mercedes.
There was a full length picture done in soft chalky colors down one
side of the page of a women demon with very white skin and fangs. Her lips were black and so were her nails. Her sleek hip length hair was held in a low loose ponytail with a silver band and she glared at someone with cat-like red eyes. Around her throat was a black choker with an oval ruby hanging from it. She wore a tight black shirt with shaggy edges and silver beaded straps. With
it she wore tight black stretch pants and black high heeled sandals and silver armbands around both upper arms.
Cole looked at the picture, making sure to stay a safe distance away and said with nod. "Do you see that choker with the ruby on it?"
They all nodded and Cole explained. "All the Blood Sisters wear those. Its their symbol. They are tied together with a bond thats unbreakable as far as anyone is concerned."
"Great," Piper said. "That will make our job easier."
Phoebe looked over at Piper and said with a laugh. "Sarcasm from you Piper? Marrigae must be getting to you."
Piper glared at her younger sister and then turned back to the Book of Shadows.
Prue began to read. "Mercedes is the second highest ranking demon of an elite group called the Blood Sisters and she is said to be the heralder of the ultimate demon who will be second only to the sourse. She-" Prue didn't have a chance to finish reading because there was suddenly a flash of light and four people appeared in the attic room of the old victorian house.
They all turned and dropped into defensive stances.
There were three young women ranging in age from about nineteen to twenty-three and one young man who looked like he was probably around twenty-five or so.
The three young women were all long legged with high cheekbones, full lips, and long cat-like, but similarties ended there.
The first girl, who seemed to be in charge though she didn't look like she was the oldest, had very short light blond hair done in a stylish pixie cut and her dark brown eyes were nearly black, she had a small, straight button nose and broad cheekbones. She wore a tiny diamond stud in the left side of her nose and her short black top left her midriff bare, showing the sprakling ruby teardrop in her belly button.
The oldest looking girl had waist length dark brown hair that was nearly black and her slightly slanted, very light, sparkling amber eyes glowed against their fringe of thick black lashes.
The last girl who was also the youngest, probably around nineteen or twenty, had luxurious shoulder length, coal black hair and sultry coal black eyes to compliment her full light pink lips and extremely pale skin.
The young man had to be one of the single cutest guys to ever walk the earth with floppy black curls, velvet black eyes, and a slight cleft in his chin. He smiled hesitantly at them, revealing dimples in his cheeks.
"Who are you guys?" Prue demanded.
The blond haired one answered. "I'm Ebony." She pointed to the amber eyed beauty and then to the black haired one. "The one with the amber eyes is my older cousin, Biancae and the black haired one is my younger cousin, Bri."
The young man cleared his throat and then said in a deep velvety purr. "And I'm Brett, their White Lighter."
They all straightened up. "White Lighter?" Piper asked.
"They're witches?" Prue asked.
Ebony nodded. "Yes. We're the Charmed Ones."
