A/N: Guess who learned that spell check is sometimes good?
Chapter Eight: Still Charmed?
Leo poked his head into the kitchen. "How'd it go?" he asked, smiling.
Piper dashed over to him and wrapped him in a huge hug. "Oh Leo, Prue - she, she was here and-"
"I know, I know sweetie," he laughed, letting go of her gently. "What did you think I was asking about?" Leo looked at his wife, for the first time his heart not filling with sadness. Whenever Piper was upset, he was too. And she was depressed a lot since revoking her powers. But right now, she was as happy as could be!
Phoebe stepped forward. "Wait a minute... you knew Prue was a whitelighter?" she questioned, one hand anxiously twisting a strand of hair around the fingers. He nodded. Almost immediately, Phoebe's expression changed to an angered one. "You knew? You knew all along?"
"Leo!" Piper glared. "How could you keep this from us? You know how much it hurt us and how sad we were..." She took several steps away from him. For some reason, she felt betrayed by him. How could he have kept it from them? He had the cure for all their heartache about Prue in his hand and... nothing.
Shoulders sagging, Leo wondered why it always seemed like he could never win with the Halliwells. Paige was the only one who seemed not too bothered about him not telling them Prue was a whitelighter. "I couldn't," he started. "Prue, Prue herself told me she didn't want you guys to know. She wanted to surprise you, tell her yourself. You know Prue."
Piper's expression softened, then she smiled slightly. "Yeah, I do," she said quietly, a stray thought wondering why she'd been so quick to anger. "Oh god I missed her so much." Her eyes were glistening with tears.
Leo bent to kiss her. "I gotta go," he muttered. "You okay?" On Piper's nod, he was gone.
Paige pursed her lips. She ran a hand through Piper's hair gently, watching intently her sister's face. "Well you don't have to worry any more Piper," she said. "Looks like she's back." Paige couldn't have struggled more to keep the pain in her voice hidden, but she was so afraid of being rejected by Piper and Phoebe it was still evident when she spoke. And Piper picked up on it.
Turning to face Paige, she spoke honestly. "Paige, I am so glad we found you. You mean so much to me... even though we got off to a bad start, understand I will never regret having met you and having you in my life."
The littlest Halliwell's face was beginning to crumple, but she managed to regain her composure. She'd rarely felt so much love for someone as she did for her new sisters. She realised what Piper had said was exactly the way she felt about them too. Smiling gratefully, she nodded. "Me too."
Phoebe was feeling left out in the 'sister moment'. "Me three!" she declared, and decided a group hug was in order. It took Paige by surprise, causing her to almost spill her coffee. She still wasn't used to the amount of hugs given out in this house! But she relaxed into it, feeling comforted being held in Piper and Phoebe's arms.
Then it happened. If the late Charmed Ones had happened to be standing by a mirror, they would've seen it. A black flash would've flitted over the trio's reflection, lasting only a split second, but still noticeable.
It would have shocked them into calling for Leo, and would lead to them finding out they were still 'Charmed'. They still had their powers and at the right time, they would be reactivated, awakened.
The spells cast to create this situation had worked.
But Paige, Piper and Phoebe still had no idea they had cast them.
There had been two: one which made their powers inactive - not their spell casting abilities, but just their individual powers. The second spell had been cast by each sister just before they relinquished their powers. The second spell was a counter-spell, which worked against the next spell they would cast and rendered it useless.
So therefore, they had effectively temporarily disabled their powers and cast a relinquish powers spell which hadn't worked. These two spells had managed to trick everybody into thinking they were no longer magical - even the girls themselves!
Of course, they would find out in due time. When they were ready to accept what they were becoming. When they were so ready to accept it that nothing would stand in their way. Not Leo, not The Elders, and especially not Prue.
Not even themselves.
Dun dun dunnnnn.
Uh oh! Badness ahoy! Don't worry kids, the next chapter is so long and full of 'excitement' that you might die from it. Oh yes, it's just that crazy.
Chapter Eight: Still Charmed?
Leo poked his head into the kitchen. "How'd it go?" he asked, smiling.
Piper dashed over to him and wrapped him in a huge hug. "Oh Leo, Prue - she, she was here and-"
"I know, I know sweetie," he laughed, letting go of her gently. "What did you think I was asking about?" Leo looked at his wife, for the first time his heart not filling with sadness. Whenever Piper was upset, he was too. And she was depressed a lot since revoking her powers. But right now, she was as happy as could be!
Phoebe stepped forward. "Wait a minute... you knew Prue was a whitelighter?" she questioned, one hand anxiously twisting a strand of hair around the fingers. He nodded. Almost immediately, Phoebe's expression changed to an angered one. "You knew? You knew all along?"
"Leo!" Piper glared. "How could you keep this from us? You know how much it hurt us and how sad we were..." She took several steps away from him. For some reason, she felt betrayed by him. How could he have kept it from them? He had the cure for all their heartache about Prue in his hand and... nothing.
Shoulders sagging, Leo wondered why it always seemed like he could never win with the Halliwells. Paige was the only one who seemed not too bothered about him not telling them Prue was a whitelighter. "I couldn't," he started. "Prue, Prue herself told me she didn't want you guys to know. She wanted to surprise you, tell her yourself. You know Prue."
Piper's expression softened, then she smiled slightly. "Yeah, I do," she said quietly, a stray thought wondering why she'd been so quick to anger. "Oh god I missed her so much." Her eyes were glistening with tears.
Leo bent to kiss her. "I gotta go," he muttered. "You okay?" On Piper's nod, he was gone.
Paige pursed her lips. She ran a hand through Piper's hair gently, watching intently her sister's face. "Well you don't have to worry any more Piper," she said. "Looks like she's back." Paige couldn't have struggled more to keep the pain in her voice hidden, but she was so afraid of being rejected by Piper and Phoebe it was still evident when she spoke. And Piper picked up on it.
Turning to face Paige, she spoke honestly. "Paige, I am so glad we found you. You mean so much to me... even though we got off to a bad start, understand I will never regret having met you and having you in my life."
The littlest Halliwell's face was beginning to crumple, but she managed to regain her composure. She'd rarely felt so much love for someone as she did for her new sisters. She realised what Piper had said was exactly the way she felt about them too. Smiling gratefully, she nodded. "Me too."
Phoebe was feeling left out in the 'sister moment'. "Me three!" she declared, and decided a group hug was in order. It took Paige by surprise, causing her to almost spill her coffee. She still wasn't used to the amount of hugs given out in this house! But she relaxed into it, feeling comforted being held in Piper and Phoebe's arms.
Then it happened. If the late Charmed Ones had happened to be standing by a mirror, they would've seen it. A black flash would've flitted over the trio's reflection, lasting only a split second, but still noticeable.
It would have shocked them into calling for Leo, and would lead to them finding out they were still 'Charmed'. They still had their powers and at the right time, they would be reactivated, awakened.
The spells cast to create this situation had worked.
But Paige, Piper and Phoebe still had no idea they had cast them.
There had been two: one which made their powers inactive - not their spell casting abilities, but just their individual powers. The second spell had been cast by each sister just before they relinquished their powers. The second spell was a counter-spell, which worked against the next spell they would cast and rendered it useless.
So therefore, they had effectively temporarily disabled their powers and cast a relinquish powers spell which hadn't worked. These two spells had managed to trick everybody into thinking they were no longer magical - even the girls themselves!
Of course, they would find out in due time. When they were ready to accept what they were becoming. When they were so ready to accept it that nothing would stand in their way. Not Leo, not The Elders, and especially not Prue.
Not even themselves.
Dun dun dunnnnn.
Uh oh! Badness ahoy! Don't worry kids, the next chapter is so long and full of 'excitement' that you might die from it. Oh yes, it's just that crazy.