Chapter 7 - Three Down One to Go
I'm sorry I didn't get Chpater 7 up yesterday but I got sick and spent my day in bed with a headache, a sore throat, plugged up ears, and achy muscles. I'm glad I get so many reviews but I would appreciate it if I din't get reviews like this "hurry up with the chapter already! We ask for new chaps because we like this so much! and you said that yesterday!" I can't help it if I get sick and I do have other things to do than just write this story. I will continue to update but i have to other stuff done as well. So please read and review with the understanding that other stuff does come up.
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Prue looked up at the three women who paced the attic restlessly, and asked. "Is this the demon?"
The three women moved closer to the Book of Shadows and simultaneously they nodded. "Yes, he's the one."
Prue nodded and Phoebe added. "We're just making sure because we didn't get a good look at his face downstairs."
Margo, the latest young women to appear in their house that day, asked grimly. "He's not dead then?"
Prue shook her head and smiled kindly. "Not to worry though. We'll get him."
Margo looked down at Bria and sighed. "If they would only stay babies longer. Then their blood would be of no use."
Biancae nodded. "I know, but we couldn't find anything to keep them young."
Bri walked over to the baby and looked down at her. "Bria," she said softly. "It's so similar to my name," she said with a little laugh as she stroked the baby's satiny cheek. "She's so sweet and small. Its hard to believe it will only take a few days for them to grow into teens."
Margo nodded, the white beads decorating the ends of her many auburn braids clacking as she did. "I know. It is isn't it?"
Tanya and Tara looked saddened as Margo sat down on the bare attic floor and unwrapped the baby so she could change her.
For a moment, everyone stopped to fawn over the little princess who was a beautiful little baby. Like all babies, she was satin of cheek, downy of head, dimpled of limb, and tiny of hand and foot. But she seemed so much more then a scented, silky bundle of dimples and smiles and sounds, to those who loved her. To those who loved her she was a joy, a beauty, a treasure, a doll, and a perfect little angel.
After a few moments the door bell downstairs rang. Having nothing more to do Bri ran down to get it. In stepped the person she knew as her father. Whom myth knew as the handsome, dangerous, black haired, black eyed, god of war, and whom Prue knew as the man of her dreams.
With him was yet another cloaked figure. She too carried a little bundle of joy.
Bri looked at Ares and clearned her throat. She knew she couldn't have him come upstairs. She couldn't let her mother know that Ares knew she was a witch. It had to come naturally or she wouldn't trust him.
Ares smiled. "This women said she was looking for the Charmed Ones. The only charmed ladies I knew were the Halliwell's," he paused and added as an afterthought. "And my sister of course." He smiled again. "So I brought her here. I have to go though, but tell Prue I said hi and I wanted to know if we're still on for this Friday."
Bri nodded and once Ares left she turned to the women and asked. "I suppose you're Baily?"
The women nodded. "How did you know?"
"Your friends are already here."
When they reached the attic and Bri had explained who she was she went over and whispered in Prue's ear. "Ares wants to know if you guys are still on for Friday night."
Prue flushed a little and then cleared her throat. "There are more important things to do besides worry about guys," she said severely.
"Come on Prue. I know you like him," Bri said softly so that no one else could hear.
Prue flushed again but finally said with a glare. "Ok. Yes, I like him and yes we are still on for Friday night. Now can we please see what we can do about these babies and their Protectresses?"
Prue looked ay Piper and Phoebe. "Phoebs?" she said with a reluctant smile as she turned her gaze on Cole.
Phoebe looked at Cole and then back at Prue and then back at Cole again before she shook her head violently. "Oh no!"
"Come on Phoebs!" Prue said planatively.
"No no no no and no!" she shook her finger in Prue's face. "If he goes down there he'll immediately be on every demon's radar within a twenty mile radius!" she yelled furiously.
Cole looked at Prue and then, before Phoebe could do anything he said. "I'll do it," and shimmered out.
Leo orbed out behind him to make sure Cole stayed safe. Brett sighed. "I better go too," he said. "They'll probably need all the help they can get."
"No doubt," Ebony said wryly.
Phoebe looked up, surprised to hear from her future daughter at all. She had spoken very little in the past few days and had suffered inumerable epeleptic attacks. She had dark circles under her exotic eyes, attesting to sleepless nights, and she had delicate hollows underneath her cheeks, aluding to the amounts of food she consumed, which were next to nothing. Her eyes were weary and her mouth drawn. Dark roots were beginning to show in her hair, something Phoebe had quickly learned never happened. Her eyes looked huge and hollow in her chisled face and they mostly stared blankly at walls the last few days.
But it was only a small comment and she quickly lapsed back into silence. Phoebe sighed and sat down, dropping her head into her hands, the frosted tips of her silky blond hair falling about her shoulders. She would just never figure her daughter out.
Suddenly there was a shimmering of gold in the air and a demond appeared in the room.
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Cole quietly crept up behind the rock and looked into the warm, roughly hewn chamber. There we three babies in there. He looked over at Leo and Brett and whispered in confusion. "I thought there were only four babies. Two here and two at hme."
"They must have gotten another one since we found our way here." Leo whispered back.
Brett looked over at Leo. "Can you see which one it is?"
"No," Leo whispered.
Cole shook his head. "My neither. They're all laying down and they all look the same from here."
Suddenly one female demon appeared in the room. Her sleek appearence and the red jewel shimmering at her throat attested to her status as a Blood Sister.
She muttered something over each of the three babies and a red glow shimmered over them.
"Whats that?" Leo and Brett asked at once.
Cole leaned foreward a little and then his eyes widened. "That," he said, nodiing with his head in the direction of the red glow over each baby. "Is a spell to make them grow faster. I can feel the power in it. I'm wuite farmaliar with it. It isn't often used as it isn't nesacary, but its one of the many spells the Blood Sisters have posession of."
Even as they spoke the figures on the long stone beds grew until they were the size of four or five year old and then they were around ten or eleven and then thirteen and then fourteen and then fifteen and then sixteen and seventeen.
Finally they stopped growing. The demond muttered something else and they were clothed in filmy white garmets and then she dissapeared.
The three girls sat up and now it was easy to tell which was which.
It was obvious that the one with long honey colored hair and wide, long lashed eyes of the same color was Kana, the Canine Princess.
Though both the remaing girl had dark hair it was quite easy to tell that the one with the slightly pointed canine's, long glossy blue black hair, and slanted eyes of an astonishing emerald was Fela, the Feline Princess.
The last girl was more curvy then the first two girls who, though fit, were slender. Her black hair was sleek and straight and her eyes were big and innocent, a soft glowing hazel. It was obvious that she was Cubby, the Bear Princess.
That meant that the only Princess left was Bria and once she was captured and made into a young women they would be out of luck so they had to rescue these lovely maidens.
Each of them looked at each other and Finally Cole nodded. "Just make sure to watch out for anyone. Orb out if anything happens."
They nodded and Cole shimmered into the room right in front of the three girls.
They all looked up at him, three pairs of glowingly intellegent eyes burned into him. "I've come to take you back to your proctresses," he said finally.
All three nodded and Fela purred. "Do you think you can?"
Cole nodded. "Yes. I have two friends with me. They are going to help." With that Cole motioned to Leo and Brett. They orbed in and each remaining girl took a white lighter, while Fela held onto Cole.
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Everyone milled about helplessly, not quite sure what to do. Not long after the boys had left another demon had come and managed to take Cubby and already Bria was the size of a four year old, her chocolate hair feathered to her shoulders and her light green eyes were full of curiosity. It would only be a day or two until she was a teen and then what would they do?
At that moment Cole shimmered in with Leo and Brett orbing in just behind him. Each one brought a beautiful young teenager with him.
They immediately knew it was the girls. "What happened?" Prue asked. "I thought they weren't supposed to be teens for a few more days?" she looked over at Bria who was still a toddler and raised an eyebrow in question.
Cole explained. "The Blood Sisters used a spell to make them grow faster. It's to their advantage to do this as soon as they can. They wanted to be ready when they got the last one," he said, nodding toward Bria.
Tara sighed. "And the problem is that once they are teens they start growing at a normal rate so as not to die out to quickly. Their fast growth rate from their baby stage is so that they can be ready to take the thrown if anything happens to their parents as is likely to happen in the animal kingdom."
Ebony sank down onto a chair and asked warily. "Then even if we waited for Bria to become a teen the others wouldn't have passed their teenage state?"
Tara shook her head. "No. After this they will grow normally."
Bri and Biancae took Ebony by the arms and started pulling her towards the attic door. "We'll back later. You don't need us now do you? We need to go do some things and there doesn't seem to be much we can do at the moment."
Piper waved them away distractedly. "Sure sure. Go on ahead and do what you need to. We'll be fine."
They nodded and left. Finally Piper looked up. "Prue, look in the book and see if you can find a spell that will bind Bria's growth." She turned to Phoebe. "Phoebs will you run down to that shop in Chinatown and get a few things for me? I need to make a potion," she said firmly.
"Do you have an idea?" Phoebe asked.
"I might," Piper said.
Phoebe nodded. "Okay. I'll be back in a flash. Cole! Come with me." She ordered. Cole complied and followed her down the attic steps.
"Brett will you make these three lovely ladies comfortable? I need to discuss some things with Leo and Prue."
When everyone was gone from the attic Prue looked at her sister and asked. "So whats up?"
Piper glaned over her shoulder and then turned back to her sister and Leo. "It's Ebony. She's been acting really strange. She hasn't said hardly anything and this demon business seems to make her really uncomfortable."
"Can you blame her?" Prue asked. "Look how many epeleptic attacks she's had! Thats enough to make anyone tired and quiet. And who of us really like the demon business?" she asked reasonably.
Piper shook her head. "No. It isn't that. I mean several times the past week or so Bri and Biancae have been dragging her off somewhere. I noticed she looks like she's constantly struggling with something. Then today I just noticed when the others were talking her eyes looked funny. Like it wasn't her in there."
"Come on Piper. What are you trying to say?" Leo asked. "No one really knows Ebony very well. She's been quiet and mysterious since she got here."
Piper shook her head in frustration. "No you don't get it!" she stamped her foot like an impatient child. "Ebony is a demon!"
"Come on Piper," Leo scoffed. "That's ridiculous."
Prue was silent for a moment before shaking her head. "No not really," she said. "I mean, her father is Cole right? Cole is half demon."
"Well. Okay. So she might have some demond blood in her but she's still a witch and one of the Charmed Ones."
"Maybe," Piper said softly. "But we have to be careful of her. I don't think she;s ever embraced her demon side before which means she doesn't know how to control it. If her demon half ever gets in control it could mean big trouble. Her father was Blathazor. One of the most powerful demons next to the Source and her mother is one of the charmed ones. She would be a demon to be reckoned with."
I'm sorry I didn't get Chpater 7 up yesterday but I got sick and spent my day in bed with a headache, a sore throat, plugged up ears, and achy muscles. I'm glad I get so many reviews but I would appreciate it if I din't get reviews like this "hurry up with the chapter already! We ask for new chaps because we like this so much! and you said that yesterday!" I can't help it if I get sick and I do have other things to do than just write this story. I will continue to update but i have to other stuff done as well. So please read and review with the understanding that other stuff does come up.
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Prue looked up at the three women who paced the attic restlessly, and asked. "Is this the demon?"
The three women moved closer to the Book of Shadows and simultaneously they nodded. "Yes, he's the one."
Prue nodded and Phoebe added. "We're just making sure because we didn't get a good look at his face downstairs."
Margo, the latest young women to appear in their house that day, asked grimly. "He's not dead then?"
Prue shook her head and smiled kindly. "Not to worry though. We'll get him."
Margo looked down at Bria and sighed. "If they would only stay babies longer. Then their blood would be of no use."
Biancae nodded. "I know, but we couldn't find anything to keep them young."
Bri walked over to the baby and looked down at her. "Bria," she said softly. "It's so similar to my name," she said with a little laugh as she stroked the baby's satiny cheek. "She's so sweet and small. Its hard to believe it will only take a few days for them to grow into teens."
Margo nodded, the white beads decorating the ends of her many auburn braids clacking as she did. "I know. It is isn't it?"
Tanya and Tara looked saddened as Margo sat down on the bare attic floor and unwrapped the baby so she could change her.
For a moment, everyone stopped to fawn over the little princess who was a beautiful little baby. Like all babies, she was satin of cheek, downy of head, dimpled of limb, and tiny of hand and foot. But she seemed so much more then a scented, silky bundle of dimples and smiles and sounds, to those who loved her. To those who loved her she was a joy, a beauty, a treasure, a doll, and a perfect little angel.
After a few moments the door bell downstairs rang. Having nothing more to do Bri ran down to get it. In stepped the person she knew as her father. Whom myth knew as the handsome, dangerous, black haired, black eyed, god of war, and whom Prue knew as the man of her dreams.
With him was yet another cloaked figure. She too carried a little bundle of joy.
Bri looked at Ares and clearned her throat. She knew she couldn't have him come upstairs. She couldn't let her mother know that Ares knew she was a witch. It had to come naturally or she wouldn't trust him.
Ares smiled. "This women said she was looking for the Charmed Ones. The only charmed ladies I knew were the Halliwell's," he paused and added as an afterthought. "And my sister of course." He smiled again. "So I brought her here. I have to go though, but tell Prue I said hi and I wanted to know if we're still on for this Friday."
Bri nodded and once Ares left she turned to the women and asked. "I suppose you're Baily?"
The women nodded. "How did you know?"
"Your friends are already here."
When they reached the attic and Bri had explained who she was she went over and whispered in Prue's ear. "Ares wants to know if you guys are still on for Friday night."
Prue flushed a little and then cleared her throat. "There are more important things to do besides worry about guys," she said severely.
"Come on Prue. I know you like him," Bri said softly so that no one else could hear.
Prue flushed again but finally said with a glare. "Ok. Yes, I like him and yes we are still on for Friday night. Now can we please see what we can do about these babies and their Protectresses?"
Prue looked ay Piper and Phoebe. "Phoebs?" she said with a reluctant smile as she turned her gaze on Cole.
Phoebe looked at Cole and then back at Prue and then back at Cole again before she shook her head violently. "Oh no!"
"Come on Phoebs!" Prue said planatively.
"No no no no and no!" she shook her finger in Prue's face. "If he goes down there he'll immediately be on every demon's radar within a twenty mile radius!" she yelled furiously.
Cole looked at Prue and then, before Phoebe could do anything he said. "I'll do it," and shimmered out.
Leo orbed out behind him to make sure Cole stayed safe. Brett sighed. "I better go too," he said. "They'll probably need all the help they can get."
"No doubt," Ebony said wryly.
Phoebe looked up, surprised to hear from her future daughter at all. She had spoken very little in the past few days and had suffered inumerable epeleptic attacks. She had dark circles under her exotic eyes, attesting to sleepless nights, and she had delicate hollows underneath her cheeks, aluding to the amounts of food she consumed, which were next to nothing. Her eyes were weary and her mouth drawn. Dark roots were beginning to show in her hair, something Phoebe had quickly learned never happened. Her eyes looked huge and hollow in her chisled face and they mostly stared blankly at walls the last few days.
But it was only a small comment and she quickly lapsed back into silence. Phoebe sighed and sat down, dropping her head into her hands, the frosted tips of her silky blond hair falling about her shoulders. She would just never figure her daughter out.
Suddenly there was a shimmering of gold in the air and a demond appeared in the room.
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Cole quietly crept up behind the rock and looked into the warm, roughly hewn chamber. There we three babies in there. He looked over at Leo and Brett and whispered in confusion. "I thought there were only four babies. Two here and two at hme."
"They must have gotten another one since we found our way here." Leo whispered back.
Brett looked over at Leo. "Can you see which one it is?"
"No," Leo whispered.
Cole shook his head. "My neither. They're all laying down and they all look the same from here."
Suddenly one female demon appeared in the room. Her sleek appearence and the red jewel shimmering at her throat attested to her status as a Blood Sister.
She muttered something over each of the three babies and a red glow shimmered over them.
"Whats that?" Leo and Brett asked at once.
Cole leaned foreward a little and then his eyes widened. "That," he said, nodiing with his head in the direction of the red glow over each baby. "Is a spell to make them grow faster. I can feel the power in it. I'm wuite farmaliar with it. It isn't often used as it isn't nesacary, but its one of the many spells the Blood Sisters have posession of."
Even as they spoke the figures on the long stone beds grew until they were the size of four or five year old and then they were around ten or eleven and then thirteen and then fourteen and then fifteen and then sixteen and seventeen.
Finally they stopped growing. The demond muttered something else and they were clothed in filmy white garmets and then she dissapeared.
The three girls sat up and now it was easy to tell which was which.
It was obvious that the one with long honey colored hair and wide, long lashed eyes of the same color was Kana, the Canine Princess.
Though both the remaing girl had dark hair it was quite easy to tell that the one with the slightly pointed canine's, long glossy blue black hair, and slanted eyes of an astonishing emerald was Fela, the Feline Princess.
The last girl was more curvy then the first two girls who, though fit, were slender. Her black hair was sleek and straight and her eyes were big and innocent, a soft glowing hazel. It was obvious that she was Cubby, the Bear Princess.
That meant that the only Princess left was Bria and once she was captured and made into a young women they would be out of luck so they had to rescue these lovely maidens.
Each of them looked at each other and Finally Cole nodded. "Just make sure to watch out for anyone. Orb out if anything happens."
They nodded and Cole shimmered into the room right in front of the three girls.
They all looked up at him, three pairs of glowingly intellegent eyes burned into him. "I've come to take you back to your proctresses," he said finally.
All three nodded and Fela purred. "Do you think you can?"
Cole nodded. "Yes. I have two friends with me. They are going to help." With that Cole motioned to Leo and Brett. They orbed in and each remaining girl took a white lighter, while Fela held onto Cole.
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Everyone milled about helplessly, not quite sure what to do. Not long after the boys had left another demon had come and managed to take Cubby and already Bria was the size of a four year old, her chocolate hair feathered to her shoulders and her light green eyes were full of curiosity. It would only be a day or two until she was a teen and then what would they do?
At that moment Cole shimmered in with Leo and Brett orbing in just behind him. Each one brought a beautiful young teenager with him.
They immediately knew it was the girls. "What happened?" Prue asked. "I thought they weren't supposed to be teens for a few more days?" she looked over at Bria who was still a toddler and raised an eyebrow in question.
Cole explained. "The Blood Sisters used a spell to make them grow faster. It's to their advantage to do this as soon as they can. They wanted to be ready when they got the last one," he said, nodding toward Bria.
Tara sighed. "And the problem is that once they are teens they start growing at a normal rate so as not to die out to quickly. Their fast growth rate from their baby stage is so that they can be ready to take the thrown if anything happens to their parents as is likely to happen in the animal kingdom."
Ebony sank down onto a chair and asked warily. "Then even if we waited for Bria to become a teen the others wouldn't have passed their teenage state?"
Tara shook her head. "No. After this they will grow normally."
Bri and Biancae took Ebony by the arms and started pulling her towards the attic door. "We'll back later. You don't need us now do you? We need to go do some things and there doesn't seem to be much we can do at the moment."
Piper waved them away distractedly. "Sure sure. Go on ahead and do what you need to. We'll be fine."
They nodded and left. Finally Piper looked up. "Prue, look in the book and see if you can find a spell that will bind Bria's growth." She turned to Phoebe. "Phoebs will you run down to that shop in Chinatown and get a few things for me? I need to make a potion," she said firmly.
"Do you have an idea?" Phoebe asked.
"I might," Piper said.
Phoebe nodded. "Okay. I'll be back in a flash. Cole! Come with me." She ordered. Cole complied and followed her down the attic steps.
"Brett will you make these three lovely ladies comfortable? I need to discuss some things with Leo and Prue."
When everyone was gone from the attic Prue looked at her sister and asked. "So whats up?"
Piper glaned over her shoulder and then turned back to her sister and Leo. "It's Ebony. She's been acting really strange. She hasn't said hardly anything and this demon business seems to make her really uncomfortable."
"Can you blame her?" Prue asked. "Look how many epeleptic attacks she's had! Thats enough to make anyone tired and quiet. And who of us really like the demon business?" she asked reasonably.
Piper shook her head. "No. It isn't that. I mean several times the past week or so Bri and Biancae have been dragging her off somewhere. I noticed she looks like she's constantly struggling with something. Then today I just noticed when the others were talking her eyes looked funny. Like it wasn't her in there."
"Come on Piper. What are you trying to say?" Leo asked. "No one really knows Ebony very well. She's been quiet and mysterious since she got here."
Piper shook her head in frustration. "No you don't get it!" she stamped her foot like an impatient child. "Ebony is a demon!"
"Come on Piper," Leo scoffed. "That's ridiculous."
Prue was silent for a moment before shaking her head. "No not really," she said. "I mean, her father is Cole right? Cole is half demon."
"Well. Okay. So she might have some demond blood in her but she's still a witch and one of the Charmed Ones."
"Maybe," Piper said softly. "But we have to be careful of her. I don't think she;s ever embraced her demon side before which means she doesn't know how to control it. If her demon half ever gets in control it could mean big trouble. Her father was Blathazor. One of the most powerful demons next to the Source and her mother is one of the charmed ones. She would be a demon to be reckoned with."
