Disclaimer: I own no one. All characters are from the television show "Charmed", I'm writing for fun, and not for profit.
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming.
Miss Kit, I like to write the 'sit around and reminisce' chapters. I'm glad you enjoy them.
Thanks to everyone who is reading my story. I never thought that I'd get this many readers and reviews. I hope that in the next few chapters, (mostly the ones after this), that no one will be angry or confused. If you are, then it'll just be my fault for giving twists in the story. :) I think I've said too much, so I'll just let you guys read now.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Eighteen - Quake; the real thing
Nine times the clock chimed. Each time felt like stabs of heartache for Paige. She wasn't exactly sure why; it wasn't as if she was losing Dan himself. Dan was just losing a piece of him that he got the night before.
It didn't seem like he only had the power for twenty-four hours, like the spell said. It felt like much longer to everyone sitting at the table. For a while, Dan wasn't just a mortal who knew their secret. He was a mortal who cast a spell on himself, a very special spell, to help his friends.
Who knew that the spell would bring them all a little closer together?
And now that bond was going to be broken.
"Do you think it will be different; for all of us?" Paige asked softly.
"I'm not sure." Leo said, sounding a lot like his white lighter 'voice'. "It'll be different, but not by much. Dan will lose his power, we knew that when he first received them."
"Do you remember what time it was when you said the spell, Dan?" Piper asked.
"No. I wasn't exactly looking at my watch when I saw all of you lying there. I just wanted to help."
"The clock chimed at nine, just a few minutes before Wyatt's alarm went off." Phoebe said.
"Not much time left then." Dan said. "I just want you guys to know, even though I'm losing this power, it's not going to change anything. The way we feel about each other, I mean. I'll just be thankful that I know what it's like to have a power; I'll know what it's like to truly save someone's life."
Paige smiled and squeezed his hand.
Abruptly, Leo's glass, holding his beverage of choice, tipped over and rolled onto the floor. It shattered into tiny pieces.
"What was that?" Phoebe asked, with a small, shaking voice.
The remaining glasses followed the pattern of Leo's glass. The table began to shake, rattling the silverware on the glass plates. The floor shook forcefully, and Piper picked up Wyatt out of his seat.
"It's an earthquake!" Paige screamed.
Phoebe, who was always afraid of earthquakes, began to shake in fear. Her mind went blank. She could remember nothing about safety and as she began to shake violently, the others tried not to panic.
"Paige-" Leo yelled over the loud rumbling of the disaster, "orb Dan and Phoebe out!"
Paige reached for Phoebe's hand as Leo orbed away somewhere safe with Piper and Wyatt. As Paige prepared to orb, Phoebe jerked her arm from her sister's grasp and took off towards the stairs.
Paige followed, and so did Dan.
-x-
"Damnit, Leo, where are they?" Piper wasn't exactly sure where she was at the moment, but it was outside and dark and humid.
Out of nervousness, she began to bounce Wyatt softly in her arms.
Leo held up his head as he sensed for the two younger sisters. When he knew for sure where they were, he looked at Piper with frightened eyes.
"They're still at the manor, aren't they?" Piper said with a hint of anger in her fearful voice. "Damnit, Leo, why are they still at the manor?!"
"I'm going back." Leo said.
"Not without me, you're not." She grabbed his arm with her free one. "We'll leave Wyatt with the elders for a few minutes while we go get Dan, Phoebe, and Paige."
-x-
As Piper and Leo orbed back to the manor, the earthquake was no more. There was broken glass everywhere, as well as numerous other broken items.
Thankfully, the manor still stood, although, it had minor injuries. Piper knew that nothing could bring that house down.
-x-
Phoebe had been in the attic, clutching the Book of Shadows when one of the beams fell, almost crushing her small body. Why didn't she just let Paige orb her and Dan away, some place where they could be safe?
Her arms were folded around the book, as if she were protecting it.
Out in the hallway, the crumpled bodies of Dan and Paige lay unmoving. The quake had caused a bookcase to fall upon them. It was apparent that the load of books had fallen on Paige, for she was covered with them.
The bookcase, however, fell and hit the back of Dan's neck, and he collapsed beside Paige. He didn't get to see what hit him.
Dan and Paige's hands were clasped together, grasping onto the future love that they may not get to see.
-x-
As Piper and Leo glanced around the room for the three loved ones, they weren't aware of the unsteady glass cabinet that fell from behind them.
They were both knocked unconscious.
Like Dan and Paige, Leo and Piper's hands too were holding tightly together. A lone photograph of Wyatt that had fallen out of the cabinet lay between the two. The glass for the frame was shattered, and a couple of pieces still remained, but the picture was clear.
All five adults in the Halliwell Manor were unable to move. They were all seriously injured, and if something didn't happen, it was possible that they'd lose their lives.
None of them ever saw this coming, not a common disaster like this. They all expected that if something were to come and harm them like they were, it would be some sort of evil.
Who knew that it would be a natural disaster, not a supernatural one?
-x-
Authors note: I'm not familiar with earthquakes; my natural destroyer of choice is tornados. If something sounded a little off, just take into your mind that this is fiction and I can do what I want to.
Don't forget, give a review and maybe the next chapter will be a little longer, and it may come a little faster. :)
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming.
Miss Kit, I like to write the 'sit around and reminisce' chapters. I'm glad you enjoy them.
Thanks to everyone who is reading my story. I never thought that I'd get this many readers and reviews. I hope that in the next few chapters, (mostly the ones after this), that no one will be angry or confused. If you are, then it'll just be my fault for giving twists in the story. :) I think I've said too much, so I'll just let you guys read now.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Eighteen - Quake; the real thing
Nine times the clock chimed. Each time felt like stabs of heartache for Paige. She wasn't exactly sure why; it wasn't as if she was losing Dan himself. Dan was just losing a piece of him that he got the night before.
It didn't seem like he only had the power for twenty-four hours, like the spell said. It felt like much longer to everyone sitting at the table. For a while, Dan wasn't just a mortal who knew their secret. He was a mortal who cast a spell on himself, a very special spell, to help his friends.
Who knew that the spell would bring them all a little closer together?
And now that bond was going to be broken.
"Do you think it will be different; for all of us?" Paige asked softly.
"I'm not sure." Leo said, sounding a lot like his white lighter 'voice'. "It'll be different, but not by much. Dan will lose his power, we knew that when he first received them."
"Do you remember what time it was when you said the spell, Dan?" Piper asked.
"No. I wasn't exactly looking at my watch when I saw all of you lying there. I just wanted to help."
"The clock chimed at nine, just a few minutes before Wyatt's alarm went off." Phoebe said.
"Not much time left then." Dan said. "I just want you guys to know, even though I'm losing this power, it's not going to change anything. The way we feel about each other, I mean. I'll just be thankful that I know what it's like to have a power; I'll know what it's like to truly save someone's life."
Paige smiled and squeezed his hand.
Abruptly, Leo's glass, holding his beverage of choice, tipped over and rolled onto the floor. It shattered into tiny pieces.
"What was that?" Phoebe asked, with a small, shaking voice.
The remaining glasses followed the pattern of Leo's glass. The table began to shake, rattling the silverware on the glass plates. The floor shook forcefully, and Piper picked up Wyatt out of his seat.
"It's an earthquake!" Paige screamed.
Phoebe, who was always afraid of earthquakes, began to shake in fear. Her mind went blank. She could remember nothing about safety and as she began to shake violently, the others tried not to panic.
"Paige-" Leo yelled over the loud rumbling of the disaster, "orb Dan and Phoebe out!"
Paige reached for Phoebe's hand as Leo orbed away somewhere safe with Piper and Wyatt. As Paige prepared to orb, Phoebe jerked her arm from her sister's grasp and took off towards the stairs.
Paige followed, and so did Dan.
-x-
"Damnit, Leo, where are they?" Piper wasn't exactly sure where she was at the moment, but it was outside and dark and humid.
Out of nervousness, she began to bounce Wyatt softly in her arms.
Leo held up his head as he sensed for the two younger sisters. When he knew for sure where they were, he looked at Piper with frightened eyes.
"They're still at the manor, aren't they?" Piper said with a hint of anger in her fearful voice. "Damnit, Leo, why are they still at the manor?!"
"I'm going back." Leo said.
"Not without me, you're not." She grabbed his arm with her free one. "We'll leave Wyatt with the elders for a few minutes while we go get Dan, Phoebe, and Paige."
-x-
As Piper and Leo orbed back to the manor, the earthquake was no more. There was broken glass everywhere, as well as numerous other broken items.
Thankfully, the manor still stood, although, it had minor injuries. Piper knew that nothing could bring that house down.
-x-
Phoebe had been in the attic, clutching the Book of Shadows when one of the beams fell, almost crushing her small body. Why didn't she just let Paige orb her and Dan away, some place where they could be safe?
Her arms were folded around the book, as if she were protecting it.
Out in the hallway, the crumpled bodies of Dan and Paige lay unmoving. The quake had caused a bookcase to fall upon them. It was apparent that the load of books had fallen on Paige, for she was covered with them.
The bookcase, however, fell and hit the back of Dan's neck, and he collapsed beside Paige. He didn't get to see what hit him.
Dan and Paige's hands were clasped together, grasping onto the future love that they may not get to see.
-x-
As Piper and Leo glanced around the room for the three loved ones, they weren't aware of the unsteady glass cabinet that fell from behind them.
They were both knocked unconscious.
Like Dan and Paige, Leo and Piper's hands too were holding tightly together. A lone photograph of Wyatt that had fallen out of the cabinet lay between the two. The glass for the frame was shattered, and a couple of pieces still remained, but the picture was clear.
All five adults in the Halliwell Manor were unable to move. They were all seriously injured, and if something didn't happen, it was possible that they'd lose their lives.
None of them ever saw this coming, not a common disaster like this. They all expected that if something were to come and harm them like they were, it would be some sort of evil.
Who knew that it would be a natural disaster, not a supernatural one?
-x-
Authors note: I'm not familiar with earthquakes; my natural destroyer of choice is tornados. If something sounded a little off, just take into your mind that this is fiction and I can do what I want to.
Don't forget, give a review and maybe the next chapter will be a little longer, and it may come a little faster. :)