Chapter 6



2016

I can't believe it was so easy to convince Piper. I guess it was the united front that did it. If I'd known it would be like that I would've done it months ago.

It's all thanks to Prue really. If she hadn't gone to get her mom, and then agreed with me, it never would have happened. But it did, and now the moment I've been waiting most of my life for is closer than ever before. It's actually kinda scary.

But the moment isn't upon us quite yet. First we have to figure out how the hell we're going to do it. I'll take a wild guess and say the Source is pretty well-protected. We're going to have to hone our powers to perfection, and be prepared for absolutely anything that could go wrong. We'll have to do research, write spells, make potions. It's going to be a lot of work.

I wonder if I should practice throwing energy balls along with my other powers? I'm not really supposed to do it because it's a demonic power and could tempt me to become evil, but there are situations where I use it as a last resort, like today in the principal's office. The thing is, because I use it so rarely, it's my least developed power. Telekinesis, firestarting and shimmering I pretty much have down pat, but I'm still really insecure with the energy balls. So is it worth the risk to practice using them, or should I concentrate on perfecting the others?

Sometimes I wish I wasn't part demon. That way I could have normal powers like everyone else and not have to worry as much about using them. The others have some really cool powers, too. Like Prue, she can freeze things and explode things almost better than Piper now. Phyre gets premonitions, which I wouldn't really want, but she also has the power of deflection, which is definitely one of the most useful powers you can have. The only thing Kalinda can do is levitate, and orb, obviously, but she's only six so her powers are still developing.

But Phillip, Phillip has the best power of all.

Mind Control.

He can get in your mind and make you do anything he wants, though not for very long, admittedly. Still, he's one powerful ten-year-old. Plus he can orb, in fact all three of Piper and Leo's children can. Which makes Piper the only one unable to transport instantly from one place to another, but she doesn't seem to mind. Why should she, there's always one of us around who she can hitch a ride with if she needs one. Well, usually, anyway.

All in all, we're a pretty powerful family. And if we can't defeat the Source, no one can.

Author's note (in response to everyone's questions, suggestions etc.):

Barb said: I would like you to maybe throw a little something in regarding where Phoebe and Cole are and what they are doing.
Well... I don't really wanna do that just yet. The way I want to do it is to have the "Phoebe and Cole in the past" storyline move a lot faster than the "Pyralis & co. in the 'present'" storyline, with years, months and weeks passing between chapters instead of hours, minutes and seconds, so eventually the Phoebe and Cole part will catch up to the rest of the story and you'll find out what they're doing. Unless of course everyone thinks that's a terrible idea, in which case I might reconsider :D
What happened to turn Pyralis from such a happy baby into a bitter teenager?
That question will be answered, hopefully satisfactorily, but not just yet.

Hjordis said: " Phyre"? How do even pronounce that?
You pronounce it like "Fire", as far as I know. And yes, it is a weird name, but it does begin with a P...

CharmedHPfanatic said: Were their feelings like Cole's was when Phoebe was still good? Or did Phoebe and Cole hate their child?
All I'm going to say to that is... Keep reading. I'm mean, I know :P

Okay everyone, I'm sorry this chapter isn't so great, but I'm working on the next one already, I promise!