Before There Were Four III
Piper lay on her bed, the sun's rays pouring into her bedroom. Her husband slept beside her, snoring quietly. Her thoughts kept coming back to what he had told her and her sisters yesterday.
...you don't have to be witches anymore...
She turned on her side, looking out the window. Outside, birds were perched on branches, singing the songs of the early morning.
...our children will be the next Charmed Ones...
She faced her husband, sleeping peacefully, with eyes closed and lips slightly parted. Piper smiled and gave her husband a light kiss, as she silently left the bed and began to dress.
~~~~~~ "Good morning!" Piper greeted her husband as he went into the kitchen. Her sisters had already joined her earlier, and were now taking bites out of English muffins.
"So, when are our guests coming for lunch?" Paige asked their whitelighter, as she spread cream cheese on her pastry.
Leo looked at his watch, which flashed 9:34 in green illumination. "In a while." They had agreed to have lunch so they could all get to know each other, especially Paige, who knew nothing about their guests.
Everyone heard a soft tinkling, which meant that Leo was being called by the Elders.
"Oh no, Leo?" Piper frowned at her husband worriedly.
"It'll only take a sec." Leo kissed his wife before orbing away.
Piper sighed. "And here I thought I'd have him for three straight months."
"Aw, don't worry about it honey," said Phoebe, comforting her sister. "Leo is still a whitelighter. Maybe it's about us."
"Mmm-hmm. I'm sure he'll be back by the time the others get here." Paige munched away on her breakfast, and smiling, said, "So what's the skinny on their powers?"
"Well, Aviva," Phoebe replied, "had powers when a demon gave them to her. But when we vanquished the demon, she lost her powers too. She was the first witch we came across back when we first got our powers."
"Technically, she wasn't a witch because Kali gave her the witchy powers," told Piper. "Kali?" asked Paige.
"The demon."
"Ohh."
"And I remember, Prue- Prue didn't trust her. And she was right, in a way, like she always was."
Piper smiled to herself. "If only she could see us now. Prue was the first to help Max, you know. I was all too busy and she just jumped right into it."
"Max? The kid?"
"Yeah." Piper took a muffin from the basket. "Prue found out that he had a power that was like hers. Psychokinesis."
"Huh?"
"Moving things he can't see."
"Ohh."
"But they could have evolved," Piper added, "like ours did."
"Hmm. A guy witch."
"There is still Blake, you know." Phoebe nudged Paige's arm. "And I see you two are hitting it off quite well."
Piper grinned at Paige. "You should. It's not everyday you meet a cute guy. Much less a cute guy witch."
"Thanks, guys." Paige put her arms around her two sisters. "Where would I be without you two?"
"Sisterless, powerless, and probably dateless," said Phoebe with a smile. "Hey, have you asked what his powers are?"
"No, not yet." The doorbell suddenly rang. "But I will soon."
"I'll get the door," volunteered Piper, going down the hall.
"I'll clean up," said Phoebe, starting to collect the dishes.
"And I'll get ready," Paige said, bounding up the stairs.
~~~~~~ "So the Charmed Ones have been given help from the Elders. Isn't that right, Seer?"
The Seer rolled her eyes and looked at the Source. "Yes. The Elders have enlisted the aid of two witches, and a mortal. The mortal, I understand that she has fallen into evil before, through Kali."
"Fools. Don't they see her weakness? A human who has fallen into darkness before will be even more susceptible."
"But you cannot use her," said the Seer, gazing listlessly at her crystal. "Once the Charmed Ones suspect evil at work, she will be the first in their list."
"Do you not trust my judgement, sister?" growled the Source.
"I apologize, my brother," said the Seer, her eyes on the Source. She looked back at her crystal, smiling at the future which appeared in it. In the back of her mind, she added, "don't say I didn't warn you."
~~~~~~ "Well! That was a nice lunch!" said an exhilarated Paige, entering the Halliwell Manor.
Piper hung her coat on the rack. "Of course you'd had a nice lunch. You were just all over Blake the whole time."
"Yeah," Phoebe agreed, "you didn't even try to talk to Aviva and Max."
"Of course I did!" exclaimed Paige, settling herself on a couch in the sitting room. "Max has telekinesis, and remote vision, which he can use together at the same time. Aviva's studying in San Diego, and her favorite color is black."
Phoebe sat down beside her. "And?"
"And. okay, so I didn't listen that much. Sue me. What I do know is that Blake's last name is Williams. He's studying medicine, and sociology. He loves to swim and play water polo. And that he can shape-shift and throw energy bombs."
"Cool," remarked Piper.
"Very cool." Paige smiled at her sisters.
Piper was just about to enter the kitchen when she quickly frowned. "Something doesn't feel right."
"What?" Phoebe asked. "There's something. I can't put my finger on it." Piper stood up and began to pace around the sitting room. Suddenly she threw up her hands, blowing up the coat rack near the front door.
"Piperreaaah!" Paige screamed, as the coat rack slowly reconstructed, a humanoid form taking shape.
"Chameleon!" Phoebe yelled. Raising her hand, she cast a bolt of electricity at the demon. The chameleon dove away, and upon getting on its feet, sneered at the sisters.
Piper flicked her hands again, and the demon began to convulse. In mid-explosion, Piper froze the demon. "Pheebs?"
Phoebe nodded and sent a wave of electicity at the demon pieces, incinerating each one. Phoebe crinkled her nose at the putrid smoke. "Paige, will you do the honors?"
"Certainly. Demon bits." Periwinkle lights surrounded the chameleon remains, orbing them to a trashcan nearby.
Satisfied, Phoebe put her hands on her hips. "We are getting better and better everyday."
"Well," began Piper, going into the kitchen, "with the recent addition of your electrokinesis, our powers are growing stronger by the week."
Paige gave her sisters a worried look. "Which brings us to the question: why is there a chameleon in the house?"
Piper lay on her bed, the sun's rays pouring into her bedroom. Her husband slept beside her, snoring quietly. Her thoughts kept coming back to what he had told her and her sisters yesterday.
...you don't have to be witches anymore...
She turned on her side, looking out the window. Outside, birds were perched on branches, singing the songs of the early morning.
...our children will be the next Charmed Ones...
She faced her husband, sleeping peacefully, with eyes closed and lips slightly parted. Piper smiled and gave her husband a light kiss, as she silently left the bed and began to dress.
~~~~~~ "Good morning!" Piper greeted her husband as he went into the kitchen. Her sisters had already joined her earlier, and were now taking bites out of English muffins.
"So, when are our guests coming for lunch?" Paige asked their whitelighter, as she spread cream cheese on her pastry.
Leo looked at his watch, which flashed 9:34 in green illumination. "In a while." They had agreed to have lunch so they could all get to know each other, especially Paige, who knew nothing about their guests.
Everyone heard a soft tinkling, which meant that Leo was being called by the Elders.
"Oh no, Leo?" Piper frowned at her husband worriedly.
"It'll only take a sec." Leo kissed his wife before orbing away.
Piper sighed. "And here I thought I'd have him for three straight months."
"Aw, don't worry about it honey," said Phoebe, comforting her sister. "Leo is still a whitelighter. Maybe it's about us."
"Mmm-hmm. I'm sure he'll be back by the time the others get here." Paige munched away on her breakfast, and smiling, said, "So what's the skinny on their powers?"
"Well, Aviva," Phoebe replied, "had powers when a demon gave them to her. But when we vanquished the demon, she lost her powers too. She was the first witch we came across back when we first got our powers."
"Technically, she wasn't a witch because Kali gave her the witchy powers," told Piper. "Kali?" asked Paige.
"The demon."
"Ohh."
"And I remember, Prue- Prue didn't trust her. And she was right, in a way, like she always was."
Piper smiled to herself. "If only she could see us now. Prue was the first to help Max, you know. I was all too busy and she just jumped right into it."
"Max? The kid?"
"Yeah." Piper took a muffin from the basket. "Prue found out that he had a power that was like hers. Psychokinesis."
"Huh?"
"Moving things he can't see."
"Ohh."
"But they could have evolved," Piper added, "like ours did."
"Hmm. A guy witch."
"There is still Blake, you know." Phoebe nudged Paige's arm. "And I see you two are hitting it off quite well."
Piper grinned at Paige. "You should. It's not everyday you meet a cute guy. Much less a cute guy witch."
"Thanks, guys." Paige put her arms around her two sisters. "Where would I be without you two?"
"Sisterless, powerless, and probably dateless," said Phoebe with a smile. "Hey, have you asked what his powers are?"
"No, not yet." The doorbell suddenly rang. "But I will soon."
"I'll get the door," volunteered Piper, going down the hall.
"I'll clean up," said Phoebe, starting to collect the dishes.
"And I'll get ready," Paige said, bounding up the stairs.
~~~~~~ "So the Charmed Ones have been given help from the Elders. Isn't that right, Seer?"
The Seer rolled her eyes and looked at the Source. "Yes. The Elders have enlisted the aid of two witches, and a mortal. The mortal, I understand that she has fallen into evil before, through Kali."
"Fools. Don't they see her weakness? A human who has fallen into darkness before will be even more susceptible."
"But you cannot use her," said the Seer, gazing listlessly at her crystal. "Once the Charmed Ones suspect evil at work, she will be the first in their list."
"Do you not trust my judgement, sister?" growled the Source.
"I apologize, my brother," said the Seer, her eyes on the Source. She looked back at her crystal, smiling at the future which appeared in it. In the back of her mind, she added, "don't say I didn't warn you."
~~~~~~ "Well! That was a nice lunch!" said an exhilarated Paige, entering the Halliwell Manor.
Piper hung her coat on the rack. "Of course you'd had a nice lunch. You were just all over Blake the whole time."
"Yeah," Phoebe agreed, "you didn't even try to talk to Aviva and Max."
"Of course I did!" exclaimed Paige, settling herself on a couch in the sitting room. "Max has telekinesis, and remote vision, which he can use together at the same time. Aviva's studying in San Diego, and her favorite color is black."
Phoebe sat down beside her. "And?"
"And. okay, so I didn't listen that much. Sue me. What I do know is that Blake's last name is Williams. He's studying medicine, and sociology. He loves to swim and play water polo. And that he can shape-shift and throw energy bombs."
"Cool," remarked Piper.
"Very cool." Paige smiled at her sisters.
Piper was just about to enter the kitchen when she quickly frowned. "Something doesn't feel right."
"What?" Phoebe asked. "There's something. I can't put my finger on it." Piper stood up and began to pace around the sitting room. Suddenly she threw up her hands, blowing up the coat rack near the front door.
"Piperreaaah!" Paige screamed, as the coat rack slowly reconstructed, a humanoid form taking shape.
"Chameleon!" Phoebe yelled. Raising her hand, she cast a bolt of electricity at the demon. The chameleon dove away, and upon getting on its feet, sneered at the sisters.
Piper flicked her hands again, and the demon began to convulse. In mid-explosion, Piper froze the demon. "Pheebs?"
Phoebe nodded and sent a wave of electicity at the demon pieces, incinerating each one. Phoebe crinkled her nose at the putrid smoke. "Paige, will you do the honors?"
"Certainly. Demon bits." Periwinkle lights surrounded the chameleon remains, orbing them to a trashcan nearby.
Satisfied, Phoebe put her hands on her hips. "We are getting better and better everyday."
"Well," began Piper, going into the kitchen, "with the recent addition of your electrokinesis, our powers are growing stronger by the week."
Paige gave her sisters a worried look. "Which brings us to the question: why is there a chameleon in the house?"