Piper opened the door to her bedroom very quietly, the light from the
hallway streaming into the darkened room and illuminating the sleeping
figure in the bed.
The girl had called her "mom."
That was the only word she had managed to say before she had lost consciousness again and Leo had carried her upstairs to rest. He had gone to ask the Elders if they knew anything about the situation--Piper wasn't counting on them to provide any useful information, but Leo had been gone for four hours.
Piper wasn't quite sure what emotions were running through her, but she did know that confusion overwhelmed everything else. Could that be her daughter? Piper knew that it was possible. She had traveled to the past and had seen her mother and she had been sent to the future and had seen her daughter. Nothing was impossible when it came to their magic.
But if it was her daughter, Piper almost wished that she would never wake up. Whatever had caused her to travel to the past could not have been good. The girl's emotional state seemed proof enough of that.
With one final glance at the girl, Piper soundlessly closed her bedroom door. But when she turned around she yelped in surprise at almost running into Phoebe and Paige. Piper covered her mouth with her hand to muffle the noise as her sisters shushed her.
"Don't 'shh!' me. Why did you sneak up on me like that?" Piper asked quietly.
"Sorry, we thought you heard us," Paige admitted at a normal volume.
Piper put a finger to her lips and motioned for her sisters to follow her as she walked down the hall the Phoebe's bedroom and shut the door. "Phoebe, when did you get home?" Piper asked once they once they were inside.
"Just a few minutes ago. Paige filled me in on what happened."
Piper nodded absent-mindedly and nervously began shifting her weight from foot to foot.
"So..." Phoebe said, trying to get Piper's attention, "do you think that's little, uh..." She trailed off, pointing at Piper's belly.
Piper placed her hands protectively on her stomach. "I don't know. She called me...mom and she hugged me, but she was clearly in shock so she might have just been confused. And she fainted again before she had a chance to recognize Leo or Paige."
"And we're sure she's not evil?" Phoebe threw a glance at Paige.
Paige shook her head. "She's not evil. I don't know how to explain it, but I tapped into her energy somehow and it made me feel safe and comforted." Piper and Phoebe both gave her confused looks. "She's not evil," Paige stated again firmly.
White light filled the room as Leo orbed in, his brow furrowed. "Is she still asleep?"
"Yeah. What did you find out?" Piper took Leo's hand in hers, and he pressed it warmly. He felt just as conflicted as Piper at the prospect that the girl asleep in their bed could be their daughter.
"Not surprisingly, not much." Piper sighed in disappointment. "After a lot of chanting and meditating and seeing into the future, all the Elders could conclude was that if she is from the future--which there's a good chance that's true--she was not sent back by their magic."
"What does that mean?" Paige asked.
"Normally, witches don't have enough power to open portals through time. The Elders do it for them when needed or to teach witches lessons by giving them a glimpse of the past or future."
"Like when we went to the future after I had that premonition of being burned at the stake," Phoebe interjected.
Leo nodded before continuing. "You guys will become the first witches that have enough power to move through time without the help of the Elders. And apparently, that girl in there has enough power as well. But because the Elders didn't, or don't, send her here, they don't have a way of finding out who she is."
"So, basically, the Elders don't have any idea who she is, but they do know she's super-powerful," Paige concluded.
"Basically, yes," Leo confirmed.
"I don't know why we still bother to ask them anything," Phoebe mused aloud as she sat cross-legged at the foot of her bed. "So what do we do?"
"We wait," Piper said quietly before leading Leo by the hand down the hall to their bedroom.
The girl had called her "mom."
That was the only word she had managed to say before she had lost consciousness again and Leo had carried her upstairs to rest. He had gone to ask the Elders if they knew anything about the situation--Piper wasn't counting on them to provide any useful information, but Leo had been gone for four hours.
Piper wasn't quite sure what emotions were running through her, but she did know that confusion overwhelmed everything else. Could that be her daughter? Piper knew that it was possible. She had traveled to the past and had seen her mother and she had been sent to the future and had seen her daughter. Nothing was impossible when it came to their magic.
But if it was her daughter, Piper almost wished that she would never wake up. Whatever had caused her to travel to the past could not have been good. The girl's emotional state seemed proof enough of that.
With one final glance at the girl, Piper soundlessly closed her bedroom door. But when she turned around she yelped in surprise at almost running into Phoebe and Paige. Piper covered her mouth with her hand to muffle the noise as her sisters shushed her.
"Don't 'shh!' me. Why did you sneak up on me like that?" Piper asked quietly.
"Sorry, we thought you heard us," Paige admitted at a normal volume.
Piper put a finger to her lips and motioned for her sisters to follow her as she walked down the hall the Phoebe's bedroom and shut the door. "Phoebe, when did you get home?" Piper asked once they once they were inside.
"Just a few minutes ago. Paige filled me in on what happened."
Piper nodded absent-mindedly and nervously began shifting her weight from foot to foot.
"So..." Phoebe said, trying to get Piper's attention, "do you think that's little, uh..." She trailed off, pointing at Piper's belly.
Piper placed her hands protectively on her stomach. "I don't know. She called me...mom and she hugged me, but she was clearly in shock so she might have just been confused. And she fainted again before she had a chance to recognize Leo or Paige."
"And we're sure she's not evil?" Phoebe threw a glance at Paige.
Paige shook her head. "She's not evil. I don't know how to explain it, but I tapped into her energy somehow and it made me feel safe and comforted." Piper and Phoebe both gave her confused looks. "She's not evil," Paige stated again firmly.
White light filled the room as Leo orbed in, his brow furrowed. "Is she still asleep?"
"Yeah. What did you find out?" Piper took Leo's hand in hers, and he pressed it warmly. He felt just as conflicted as Piper at the prospect that the girl asleep in their bed could be their daughter.
"Not surprisingly, not much." Piper sighed in disappointment. "After a lot of chanting and meditating and seeing into the future, all the Elders could conclude was that if she is from the future--which there's a good chance that's true--she was not sent back by their magic."
"What does that mean?" Paige asked.
"Normally, witches don't have enough power to open portals through time. The Elders do it for them when needed or to teach witches lessons by giving them a glimpse of the past or future."
"Like when we went to the future after I had that premonition of being burned at the stake," Phoebe interjected.
Leo nodded before continuing. "You guys will become the first witches that have enough power to move through time without the help of the Elders. And apparently, that girl in there has enough power as well. But because the Elders didn't, or don't, send her here, they don't have a way of finding out who she is."
"So, basically, the Elders don't have any idea who she is, but they do know she's super-powerful," Paige concluded.
"Basically, yes," Leo confirmed.
"I don't know why we still bother to ask them anything," Phoebe mused aloud as she sat cross-legged at the foot of her bed. "So what do we do?"
"We wait," Piper said quietly before leading Leo by the hand down the hall to their bedroom.
