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I do not own and am not affiliated with the Charmed characters, cast, crew, sets, etc
This is an original piece of work that I have not been paid for
My permission has been given to distribute this work - in full only with no amendments
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Paige walked over to the kitchen table and leaned against it. Her hand was shaking on the back of a chair and her eyes wouldn't meet those of either of her sisters. The room was deathly silent and the ticking of the grandfather clock filled the room as each of them processed the shock they were feeling.
Leo watched Paige's stomach with a look of consternation on his face. He walked over to her and ran his hand along her stomach, a faint white glow shimmering between the witch and her Whitelighter. He pulled his hand away and shook his head gently, "I ... I can't feel ANYTHING from it."
"What?" Asked Phoebe, finally pulling herself out of shock. The look on Leo's face told her that he was concerned, "What does that mean?" Phoebe stood up and walked over the Paige, wrapping her arm around her sister's shoulder and giving her a small smile.
"It means that .. Well, I don't know to be honest, but .." Leo ran his hands backwards through his hair, thin lines around his eyes tighening as he tried to figure out what was going on. His hands clenched around the top of Piper's chair as she looked up at him with those beautiful brown eyes of hers, full of concern for her sister, "I'm your Whitelighter. When you're hurt I feel it because ... because I'm connected to you - all of you. Now Paige is connected to this ba- .. this -" He waved his hand in the general direction of Paige's stomach, "- I should be able to feel it, be aware of it like I am of you guys."
"So there's something wrong with it? It's not ... human or a witch?" Paige interrupted, looking down at her stomach, her hand curling around the bulge protectively. She could almost feel the faint heartbeat in rhytmn with hers. She hadn't considered the thought it might be something other than human, "It could be a .. demon?"
"I don't know. It could be anything. My connection to it might be blocked by the same power that put it there - and has it growing this fast," Leo looked at Paige with sadness and frustration on his face. He was afraid for her. What he was made him, on some basic level, aware of the prescence, the aura - for good or evil - of every being. There was nothing coming from the child. It was like a void in his mind and it - it scared him. "I need to check with the Elders."
Piper watched her husband's form break down into gently glowing orbs and leave the room. She watched Paige, unable to think of anything to say - what was there TO say? Something had violated her, put something inside her .. something that was growing from her, something that could destroy them all if it was allowed to continue growing any longer. She could see the same thoughts on Phoebe's face, who was wearing an equally grave and silent look.
Paige looked from one of her sisters to the other. She could feel the tension hanging in the air, their shock at what was happening. She could see them struggling to say something and she felt her stomach turn. She couldn't stand it in here - them shouting she could handle, them being bitches ... anything but this silent staring in accusation. "I'm gonna lie down," She muttered under her breath, looking at the table, before quickly making her way upstairs, shrugging her way out of Phoebe's arm.
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Paige lay on her bed, the window open, letting a cold cool air blow into the room and her curtains to tremble outwards, billowing in the wind. She couldn't believe this. When she found her sisters and her powers - or maybe they found her - she knew that she would have to go through some hard times. She never realised that she'd wake up one morning and have a life time of responsibilites. She didn't realise she'd end up a single mother with her prospects falling - fast. How could she be pregnant? It just didn't make sense.
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Phoebe looked at Piper, a mug of hot coffee between her hands at the table. Neither of them had spoken a word to each other. Their sister was pregnant and it probably wasn't human. They should be doing something. They should be look at the Book Of Shadows. They should be out there, kicking demon ass. Killing every slimy thing that moved to find out how to stop this thing inside her, find out what it was and what it's weakness was. They should be there, protecting Paige from whatever wanted to use her like this, user her body.
Phoebe took a sip of the coffee and looked at her sister.
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Leo orbed into the sitting room, his hands shaking slightly. How could he do this? How could he tell Paige that her child had the potential to kill everything that existed on the plant? He ran his hands quickly through his hair before walking into the kitchen, the tableu of Phoebe and Piper at the table, quietly sitting still, slightly disturbing him as he'd been gone for at least three or four Earth hours. It's just as the Elders had described. "Have you guys even moved since I left?" He asked, moving round to Piper, his hand on her shoulder. She covered it with her own.
"Not really. Nowhere to go, nothing to say really," Piper said, putting her elbow up on the table and using her hand to lean her head against. Her eyes were strained and she looked tired and worn out, like the very effort of sitting there was wearing her out, "Paige is upstairs. Guess she didn't wanna sit here with the excitement of us."
"Well, we better go get her," Leo said, his voice getting slightly thick, "I got something important to tell you." Piper looked up at her husband, and Phoebe raised her eyes from her mug of cold coffee for the first time to look at Leo with only the slighest interest, "I know what her baby is."
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If I get ten reviews to this work I will post the next chapter
sorry about the lateness of this - net troubles! really sorry :o(
feel free to mail me with comments/accusations/suggestions
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I do not own and am not affiliated with the Charmed characters, cast, crew, sets, etc
This is an original piece of work that I have not been paid for
My permission has been given to distribute this work - in full only with no amendments
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Paige walked over to the kitchen table and leaned against it. Her hand was shaking on the back of a chair and her eyes wouldn't meet those of either of her sisters. The room was deathly silent and the ticking of the grandfather clock filled the room as each of them processed the shock they were feeling.
Leo watched Paige's stomach with a look of consternation on his face. He walked over to her and ran his hand along her stomach, a faint white glow shimmering between the witch and her Whitelighter. He pulled his hand away and shook his head gently, "I ... I can't feel ANYTHING from it."
"What?" Asked Phoebe, finally pulling herself out of shock. The look on Leo's face told her that he was concerned, "What does that mean?" Phoebe stood up and walked over the Paige, wrapping her arm around her sister's shoulder and giving her a small smile.
"It means that .. Well, I don't know to be honest, but .." Leo ran his hands backwards through his hair, thin lines around his eyes tighening as he tried to figure out what was going on. His hands clenched around the top of Piper's chair as she looked up at him with those beautiful brown eyes of hers, full of concern for her sister, "I'm your Whitelighter. When you're hurt I feel it because ... because I'm connected to you - all of you. Now Paige is connected to this ba- .. this -" He waved his hand in the general direction of Paige's stomach, "- I should be able to feel it, be aware of it like I am of you guys."
"So there's something wrong with it? It's not ... human or a witch?" Paige interrupted, looking down at her stomach, her hand curling around the bulge protectively. She could almost feel the faint heartbeat in rhytmn with hers. She hadn't considered the thought it might be something other than human, "It could be a .. demon?"
"I don't know. It could be anything. My connection to it might be blocked by the same power that put it there - and has it growing this fast," Leo looked at Paige with sadness and frustration on his face. He was afraid for her. What he was made him, on some basic level, aware of the prescence, the aura - for good or evil - of every being. There was nothing coming from the child. It was like a void in his mind and it - it scared him. "I need to check with the Elders."
Piper watched her husband's form break down into gently glowing orbs and leave the room. She watched Paige, unable to think of anything to say - what was there TO say? Something had violated her, put something inside her .. something that was growing from her, something that could destroy them all if it was allowed to continue growing any longer. She could see the same thoughts on Phoebe's face, who was wearing an equally grave and silent look.
Paige looked from one of her sisters to the other. She could feel the tension hanging in the air, their shock at what was happening. She could see them struggling to say something and she felt her stomach turn. She couldn't stand it in here - them shouting she could handle, them being bitches ... anything but this silent staring in accusation. "I'm gonna lie down," She muttered under her breath, looking at the table, before quickly making her way upstairs, shrugging her way out of Phoebe's arm.
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Paige lay on her bed, the window open, letting a cold cool air blow into the room and her curtains to tremble outwards, billowing in the wind. She couldn't believe this. When she found her sisters and her powers - or maybe they found her - she knew that she would have to go through some hard times. She never realised that she'd wake up one morning and have a life time of responsibilites. She didn't realise she'd end up a single mother with her prospects falling - fast. How could she be pregnant? It just didn't make sense.
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Phoebe looked at Piper, a mug of hot coffee between her hands at the table. Neither of them had spoken a word to each other. Their sister was pregnant and it probably wasn't human. They should be doing something. They should be look at the Book Of Shadows. They should be out there, kicking demon ass. Killing every slimy thing that moved to find out how to stop this thing inside her, find out what it was and what it's weakness was. They should be there, protecting Paige from whatever wanted to use her like this, user her body.
Phoebe took a sip of the coffee and looked at her sister.
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Leo orbed into the sitting room, his hands shaking slightly. How could he do this? How could he tell Paige that her child had the potential to kill everything that existed on the plant? He ran his hands quickly through his hair before walking into the kitchen, the tableu of Phoebe and Piper at the table, quietly sitting still, slightly disturbing him as he'd been gone for at least three or four Earth hours. It's just as the Elders had described. "Have you guys even moved since I left?" He asked, moving round to Piper, his hand on her shoulder. She covered it with her own.
"Not really. Nowhere to go, nothing to say really," Piper said, putting her elbow up on the table and using her hand to lean her head against. Her eyes were strained and she looked tired and worn out, like the very effort of sitting there was wearing her out, "Paige is upstairs. Guess she didn't wanna sit here with the excitement of us."
"Well, we better go get her," Leo said, his voice getting slightly thick, "I got something important to tell you." Piper looked up at her husband, and Phoebe raised her eyes from her mug of cold coffee for the first time to look at Leo with only the slighest interest, "I know what her baby is."
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If I get ten reviews to this work I will post the next chapter
sorry about the lateness of this - net troubles! really sorry :o(
feel free to mail me with comments/accusations/suggestions
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