Meant to Be Together:

The Story of Paloma and Jacob

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Passions, or Miguel, Charity, Jessica, Reese, Kay, Grace, Tabitha… etc, so don't sue me, I'm just borrowing them. However, I DO own Jacob Standish, so please don't use him without my permission.

I also did not write the Paloma chapters, so don't give me the credit for it. All Paloma chapters (odd numbered chapters) are written by my friend Kara, and all Jacob chapters are written by me. Now. Since we've gotten that settled, let's go on to the story…

Prologue: Jacob

            I was sitting in the living room of my foster parents' home, watching Titanic for about… oh, the fiftieth time. Then that classic line came up again.

            "You're the most amazing, astounding, wonderful girl—woman—that I've ever known."

            I wished that I could say that to someone. Sure, I'm a little young (I'm only fifteen), but… I don't know. I'm lonely. I mean, I've only knwn my foster family for a couple of weeks now. I'm always on the move, looking for my sister, whom I haven't seen in almost a year. Let me tell you my story.

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::Flashback::

            I was at softball camp, thinking about the letter I had just received from my sister, Charity. Just then, I was called into the main office. "Jacob," Mr. Sullivan, the director of the camp, said, in a solemn tone, "there's been a fire at your house."

            "What? Are my mother and sister okay?"

            "Charity is just fine. But your mother… your mother's body hasn't been found. They believe her to be dead. I'm so sorry."

            I collapsed into a chair. "I can't believe it. My mother's dead, I don't have a home… where is my sister?"

            "We don't know."

::Reality::

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            Let me tell you this: I'm special. Not to sound conceited or anything, but you don't meet people with powers every day. Yeah, I said powers. Like Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Michael, Max and Isabel… (if you don't know who they are, I suggest you start watching Charmed and Roswell. [AN: This was written in the summer of 2000, so those characters were on their respective shows at the time. =)]) But this is real life. I have powers because my family has been fighting evil for generations. You want to know what I can do? I can freeze time and people (like Piper). I can heal people (like Max), I can sense things that people try to hide, I can sense evil, and sometimes I get visions (like Phoebe).

            And you thought that was cool? That doesn't even compare to what my sister can do. Charity has the real powers. She just doesn't know it yet… because she has amnesia. I know, I know, I just said I haven't seen Angel (my nickname for Charity) in almost a year, but I have ESP with my sister. I can read her mind, and she can read mine. She doesn't remember me though. Anyway, she's the one that the evil forces have been prophesizing about for generations. She's been destined since birth to destroy every evil force in the world. I know she's scared. I know she knows she's different, but she doesn't know why. That's why I have to find her.

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            So anyway, I was watching Titanic, and then… I saw a flash of light, and then an angel. "So Mom was right," I breathed. My mother had told Angel and me about a little girl—an angel—that has watched over the Standish family for like, forever. I had just never seen her before, and now here she was. I was awestruck.

            "Charity?" I asked. "She needs me?"

            The angel nodded. "The evil is coming after her. The battle has begun, Jacob. Good and evil are fighting for your sister's soul. She needs you. They need you."

            "But where do I find her? Where is she?"

            "She's with Grace," the angel told me. "Find Grace. And be careful." And with that, she disappeared. I got up and started to pace. "Grace? Did she mean Aunt Grace? She's alive?" I asked to myself. "Where is she?" Just then, I saw something…

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::Premonition::

            "Oh, Miguel, it's beautiful," Angel says. They boy with her smiles and says, "Just like you." They kiss and smile, then walk hand in hand past a sign that says "Harmony."

::Reality::

~*~

            "I know where to go now," I said, to no one in particular. So I went to pack up my stuff and headed for a place called Harmony.

Please review! This is just the prologue, so it's going to get into Paloma later. More to come… there are 12 chapters plus the epilogue…