Charmed

~*~

A couple days later….

"Look at this!" Natalie said running downstairs holding three papers.

"What is it?" Nina asked as she and Nikki met her at the bottom of the stairs.

"They're drawings we did as little kids. Of our fairy friend Buttercup. And look at Nina's. Do you see the troll?" Natalie said.

"And?" Nikki asked.

"We all had the same fairy friend and she looks the same in every picture. I think Katie is right. I think there are Trolls and Fairies. " Natalie concluded.

"Or maybe one of us was really imaginative and the other two big copycats." Nikki said.

"But but look at this, I looked up the tweens in this book, " Natalie pulled out a book about myths and fairy tales, "And it says that Fairies and trolls live on another plane and can get to our plane through the tweens, the in-betweens like door ways, shadows, windows. But only children can see them, because of their innocence."

"If they do exist why aren't they in the book of Shadows?" Nina asked skeptically.

"Because the Book of Shadows was written by adults." Natalie said.

"Look, I have to get to the auction house. Nikki can listen to you ramble." Nina said before rushing out of the house.

"You believe me don't you? I mean how else could Katie have gotten those scratches, they were claw marks I'm telling you!" Natalie asked Nikki.

"You didn't explain one thing, " Nikki said, getting the feeling she wasn't going to work today, "When you found Katie she wasn't in a tween, she was in a wide open road."

"Actually she was in the biggest tween of all, midnight. In between day and night." Natalie replied, "Look, I want to go see Katie today, will you come with me?"

"Fine. I'll call Kay and let her know that I'm not coming in today." Nikki aid reluctantly and headed to the phone..

~*~

At VIP…

"Ok Nikki, bye." Kay said hanging up the phone. "Nikki won't be coming in today a family emergency."

"She's been awfully distracted since she moved in with her sisters." Tasha said.

"Oh give her a break Tasha. Her hrandmother just died and she's just adjusting to living with her sisters again. I'm sure she'll be back to normal in a week or two." Val said.

~*~

In Katie's room…

"No…I can't see her…" Natalie said depressed.

Katie held the box up to her ear, "says that if you really believe in fairies, there's something that'll make you innocent again so you can see them"

Nikki and Natalie nod in agreement. Katie reaches into the box and pulls out a handful of fairy dust and throw it and Natalie and Nikki. Nikki and Natalie burst out laughing.

"I wanna see the fairy!" Nikki says in a childish voice.

Katie opens the lid again and a little pink fairy flies out of the box. They stare at it with their eyes wide and mouths open

~*~

At Foam…

Nikki and Natalie are on stage singing in really childish voices, "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. If you're happy and you know it uhh… pat your knee. (They pat their knee) If you're happy and you know it pat your knee."

In the audience the VIP gang are staring in shock.

"That's a family emergency?" Tahsa asked.

"Guys, I think Nikki's lost it…" Quick said.

"Maybe she's just going through a rough time…" Val said. Johnny was in a shocked silence.

Nina walks in to see Nikki and Natalie on stage. She walks over to the stage and pulls the plug on the microphone.

"Hi." Nikki said.

"Hi. Lost your minds?" Nina asked.

"Nina, we have been waiting and waiting and waiting!" Natalie said making big motions with her hands.

"Ok come on!" Nina grabbed the two sisters and pulled them away from the stage and to the back.

"You know what we did? We saw a fairy and she was very cute and she was sparkly and she was really, really pretty," Nikki said in a childish voice.

"Ok, what ass-backward spell did you two cast?!" Nina said in a loud whisper.

"We-we-we didn't cast a spell." Natalie stuttered.

"No, it is true, we did not use a spell but we did use fairy dust!" Nikki said, moving back and forth like an antsy child.

"Fairy dust?"

"Yep."

"Great, so now you can go home and reverse it, Tinkerbell." Nina said.

"Oh no no no, No I am not a fairy!" Nikki turned to Natalie, "She thought I was a….we have to show her!" Nikki pulled out a little pouch and she and Natalie both took a pinch of the powder.

"One, Two, Three." Natalie counted and they threw the dust in Nina's face. Nina sneezed.

"What the hell did you do that for?" Nina asked.

"Okay, Dat did not work!" Nikki said.

"No, work, that's a very good idea, I'm gonna get back to mine." Nina said and she walks off. Nikki and Natalie follow.

"Oh, you know what? You are being a big, big, big, extra, extra, extra, double big jerk right now. (Because now I have the key, (she shows her the key hanging around her neck) so Thistle is safe and we have to be back with Kate at midnight so when the trolls attack..." Nikki said. The VIP group sitting nearby gave each other confused looks at the way Nikki was talking.

"No. You guys are going home and you're not driving either 'cause someone will think you're drunk or something. So go outside and wait there and I will call a cab." Nina said pulling out her cell phone. Natalie started whining.

"Whay are you being so meeeaaan?!"

"Because you guys are…" Nikki went up and huged her, "Stop it." Nikki kisses her on the cheek, "Stop.." Natalie hugs her, "You guys go home. Scoot. Go home. Scoot. And you go home and you reverse this ridiculous behaviour" They let go of her pouting and head towards the door. Nina wiped her cheek and finished calling the cab before leaving.

~*~

"What. The. Hell?" Tasha asked.

"I've never seen Nikki act like that." Quick said.

"I didn't know Nikki was capable of acting like that." Johnny said.

"She was acting more childish than Val." Tasha said, "And here I thought that nobody could act more childish than Val."

Val stuck her tongue out at Tasha., "Maybe we should go to Nikki's place, find out what's going on?" The group nods in agreement.

~*~

Back at the manor Natalie and Nikki are running throught the house…

"Geez, Louise, there are too many doorways in this house." Nikki complained.

"Okay, we have to call Katie on the walkie-talkies, okay? (They start up the stairs but stop when the doorbell rings.) Oh, do you think the trolls know about doorbells?" Natalie asked.

"I don't know." They cautiously walk over to the door and Nikki opens it to see VIP standing there with Johnny in front, "Jooohnnyyy!" Nikki leans forward near the doorway, but Natalie pulls her back.

"Ooh, Ooh! Tween Tween!" Natalie said.

"Oops. What are you guys doin' here?" Nikki asked.

"We were concerned about your 'family emergency'" Tasha said.

"Oh, that's nice. We're still takin' care of it." Nikki said.

"Bye!" Natalie said and the two started to shut the door but Val stopped them.

"Can I use the little girls room before we go, it's a long ride home…"

Nikki sighs exaggeratedly, "Okay, you can come in but you have to do it very fast whatever it is." VIP walks in and Val heads to the restroom while the rest go into the living room. Natalie and Nikki go into the kitchen with their walkie-talkie.

~*~

"…it'll disappear the shadows." Natalie finished their conversation into the walkie-talkie. The heard a groan come from the attic.

"Trolls…" Nikki whispered wide eyed.

"Let's go get 'em!"

Natalie and Nikki run to the stairs and up to the attic.

~*~

Val walked out of the bathroom to see Natalie and Nikki go past her up the stairs. Val walked into the living room, "Maybe we should wait for them to get back downstairs before we leave."

"Maybe we can get some explanation's before we leave." Johnny said, "Cause I would really like to know what is going on." The others agreed.

~*~

Natalie and Nikki barge into the attic, "Hiiiiiyaaah!" they said.

"No one's here…" Natalie said, walking into the attic and looking around. She picked up the Book of Shadows, "How did that get..Nikki!" Natalie exclaimed as a troll jumped down Nikki's shirt. Nikki screamed. Natalie tackled Nikki and the troll jumped out but the two sister's went rolling down the stairs.

~*~

Johnny looked up when he heard a scream, "What the..?" The group ran to the hallway to see Natalie and Nikki falling down the stairs.

"Oww…." Nikki groaned sitting up.

"Are you guys OK?" Quick asked.

"Yeah..yeah…we're fine…You know what? Can you just go? I'm really sorry to rush you out but we have something very important to be taken care of." Natalie said, after getting up and showing VIP the way to the door. Nikki got up and followed.

"Ok…Are you sure you guys are ok? That was a pretty nasty fall." Johnny asked looking at Nikki.

"Yea, Yea..we're fine." Nikki said.

"You guys seem….different…" Kay said.

"Different?" Nikki asked.

"Yea…you were acting like you were drunk or something." Tasha said.

"Sober. Stairs can be sobering. Very….sobering." Natalie said.

"Right…" Quick said. Natalie pushed them all out the door beforeclosing it.

"Stairs can be sobering!?" Nikki asked, "How am I going to explain this at work tomarrow?"

"No time for that now….we have to figure out why we're thinking like adults all of a sudden. Do you still ahev the key?" Natalie asked. Nikki's hand went to her throat.

"Shit…"

"We need to find a way to see the trolls without using the fairy dust again so we can protect Katie." Nikki nodded in agreement and the two sisters went up to the attic.

~*~

11:54

Nina walks in, "Let's get this over with."

"Thank god you're here. We thought you wouldn't make it time." Natalie said.

"You know I still don't believe you."

"Yea whatever, just recite the spell." Nikki said.

All three sisters, "In this tween time this darkest hour,

we call upon the sacred power.

Three together stand alone,

command the unseen to be shown.

In innocence we search the skies,

enchanted are our new found eyes"

~*~

In the hallway outside Katie's room…

"Okay, why can't we see them?" Natalie asked.

"Obviously the spell didn't work…" Nikki said. Nina used her power to open the door.

"Katie?" Nina asked walking in, the room was trashed. Nikki looked under the bed while Natalie and Nina checked behind some destroyed furniture.

"Where could she be?" Nikki asked.

"Well, she's gotta be here somewhere, she couldn't have just disappeared." Nina said.

"Unless the trolls turned her into a fairy." Natalie put in.

"A fairy? Why would they do that?" Nikki asked.

"I have no idea. Maybe to punish her for taking Thistle. But we have to find Kate. Okay, come on, give me a premonition." Natalie said picking up the box Thistle was in.

"I don't understand. I mean, why couldn't we see the trolls? We've had spells backfire on us before but never the power of three." Nikki asked.

"It's my fault." Nina said, "I didn't want you to be right…"

"Nina, It's not your fault, I mean we have to deal with a lot now…It's understandable to be a little resistant….I mean we've barely had our powers a week." Nikki said.

"Not at the expsense of a little girl…" Nina said.

"I know…but we're going to get Kate back and we need your help." Nikki said.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it. I don't understand. What good is this power if I can't use it when I need it?" Natalie fumed.

"You have to focus." Nikki offered.

"Believe me Nikki…I am focusing."

"Your too upset. Just calm down" Nikki said, thinking back to past problems with her powers when she got really frustrated, a little thankful she didn't have a lethal power, even though she really wanted one.

"Guys…" Nina said.

"What?" Natalie asked.

"I think the spell is working look!" Nina said pionting to a window where a fairy was flying, "Do you see it?"

"What is it doing?" Nikki asked.

"I think it wants us to follow it." Natalie said.

~*~

At a cave…

Nina, Nikki and Natalie snuck into the cave and saw Thistle and Katie in a cage above a large fire and trolls everywhere. The three sisters were hiding behind a rock watching the scene when a troll jumped and attacked Nikki. Nikki froze it in mid-air. Nina moved the troll into the fire and it burned.

Natalie went to jump over the rock, but when she jumped she stayed in the air, "Oh oh! I'm flying, Nina!" Nina used her power to move Natalie over the fire and let her grab the cage before Natalie landed safely behind the fire.

"Nikki, Run!"

"Run? Run where!?" Nina pushed Nikki towards the flames.

"Freeze the flames!" Nina said and Nikki did as she was told. The two sisters ran through the now harmless fire, "Unfreeze now." Nikki unfroze the fire, and burns all of the trolls.

"Now that's how I like my Trolls, Medium well." Nikki joked.

Natalie let the fairies out of the cage and they started to fly away, "Hey, wait. Thistle…can't you turn Katie back into a little girl?"

Thistle nodded and turned Katie back to the way she was. After wishing Thistle good luck they took Katie home and went back to their home.

~*~

The three walk into the manor looking very sore and tired.

"Ow." Natalie said.

"Yep." Nikki put in.

"Ice?" Nina asked.

"Bed." Nikki said closing the door. Right after she had closed the door they heard the doorbell ring. They open the door and flowers are on the porch.

"Who delivers at this hour?" Nina asked.

"I think it's some one's way of saying thank you." Nikki said, handing them some flowers.

"Well, they're welcome." Nina said. The sisters went inside.

"Ooh, they're so pretty!" Natalie said.

~*~

The next day at VIP…

Nikki walked in a little nervously, "Uh hi guys."

"Nikki!" Val said jumping up.

"You guys aren't mad about last night, are you?" She asked thinking back to how they acted like children and rushed them out of the house.

"No why would we be?" Johnny asked.

"I don't know, you know, just incase you thought I was a drunk or a lunatic or a drunk lunatic." Nikki said.

"I have a feeling we should just not ask." Tasha said.

Nikki sighed in relief.

~*~

AN: wow….long….review please!