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Authors note: My brother and sister-in-law left this morning, so now I've had time to write. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Twenty-one - Elderly Meeting
When they all arrived Up There Samuel, Adrian, and Jeremiah were waiting for them. The three Elders bowed their heads slightly, and Leo did the same.
Phoebe, who had been unconscious before they orbed, was wide-awake and standing on her feet. She was extremely confused at why she was in the heavens.
Dan stood in awe at what was going on. He was standing in heaven, or at least, part of it. He was sure that he'd wake up at any minute and all of this would be a dream.
"Daniel." The Elder known as Adrian, said. Dan turned to look at him.
"Yes, sir?"
"Like the surroundings, do you?" Dan, now eyes wide, nodded.
"Yes, sir."
"Please, call me Adrian."
"O-okay."
"Don't be nervous, son." Dan nodded. "Do you realize that you are the very first mortal to be allowed to come into the heavens?"
"No offence, Adrian," Leo said, "but I think you just made him a little more nervous."
Adrian looked to Leo, the back at Dan. "I'm terribly sorry."
"It's okay." Dan said softly.
"Let us sit." Jeremiah led the five from down below, along with Adrian and Samuel to a large semi circle pew.
"Shall I begin?" Adrian asked. Everyone nodded. "I am about to reveal a prophesy that should be taken with special care, sentiment, and understanding."
He paused to take a look at everyone sitting around him.
"And it shall come to pass, that the seventh mortal son of a witch shall rise. He shall counsel, direct, and guide the next great power of witches."
Adrian finished with a smile, watching as the others took in the new information.
"Listen well," Samuel started, "for two century's ago, there was a powerful witch. She was not as powerful as Melinda Warren, your ancestor." He waved his hand at Piper, Phoebe, and Paige. "She had only one child, a son. When he was born without wiccan powers, she gave up her wiccan ways for a sense of normalcy."
"There has not yet been a woman in her blood line." Adrian said. "The witch's name," he paused, "was Cecilia Gordon."
"Are you saying that Dan-?" Phoebe said slowly.
"Wait- what about your sister?" Piper said, rocking Wyatt slowly in her arms.
"I- she's my half sister. My mother's daughter."
"That's why you could heal tonight, Dan." Paige held his hand.
"Who is the great power that he is to counsel and guide?" Jeremiah pointed at Wyatt, asleep in Piper's arms.
"This is why we called all of you to us." Samuel said. "Daniel must learn his new powers. You must be the ones to teach him. All four of you." He nodded at Leo. "He shall have more powers than you all, for in the time to come, he will need them."
"Wait- wait." Dan said. "Just wait. Are you saying that I'm not mortal; I have the real healing power. Nothing is temporary?"
Adrian nodded. "That is correct. You are not a witch, nor a white lighter. You are what we now call white guidance. You are the first."
"I just don't understand. I never knew about witches and white lighters and elders or anything until three years ago, and now I am a- something?"
"You are white guidance." Jeremiah said.
"Yes. White guidance." Dan repeated. "I have powers that I don't know how to use, and I have to learn so I can teach my best friends child how to live?"
"No, not to live." Samuel said. "To learn."
"I just, I don't know if I can do this. I've never been that much of a teacher. How can I be someone who can guide a child to great power?"
"It is how it is meant to be." Jeremiah said.
-x-
"I guess that is why you were feeling different, and queasy, huh Dan?" Piper said as they orbed back into the manor. They shielded their eyes at the bright sun.
"Geez, Leo, how long were we Up There?" Phoebe asked.
Leo looked down at his watch. "Fifteen hours."
Dan's eyes widened. "What? How?"
"Time goes by a little faster up there. Leo and I were there before we got married, fighting with the Elders to let us be wed. It felt like we were only gone a couple of hours, but when I got back, a month had passed by."
"I remember that." Phoebe said, stumbling towards the stairs. She picked up a few photos that had fallen off the wall from the disaster. "I had to take care of P3 while she was gone, and I felt like I messed up everything." Phoebe walked up the stairs.
"Since we've gotten back, I feel very tired. I'm going to go on to bed. You coming?" Paige looked at Dan.
"Yeah. I'll be up in a minute." Dan frowned, and looked at Wyatt in Piper's arms.
"Do you want to take him, Dan?" She asked.
"I- yeah. Is it okay?"
"It doesn't have to be anymore. You are his guidance. You guide him and help him grow up the right way." Leo said.
"It looks like you're stuck with us now." Piper said softly as she handed him the baby.
"I guess so."
"I'm going to go on up to bed." Piper said.
"Uh, me too." Leo said with a true yawn. "We'll leave our bedroom door open, so you can set him in his crib or there's a bassinet in Paige's room. So, whatever you want to do."
Dan nodded at Leo. The couple walked up the stairs to their bedroom.
He walked to the living room, holding the tiny bundle in his arms. He sat down on the sofa, staring down at Wyatt.
"Hi kid." He said with a smile. "I learned something new today. I hope that in the years to come I can teach you something new everyday. That's my new job, I guess. I'm your white guidance. In fact, I'm the very first white guidance ever." Dan ran his hand over Wyatt's soft fuzz for hair. "I hope I do everything right and set a good example for you.
"I'm not too good at making sense out of things. Maybe you'll be one of the few who will understand me. After all, we'll be spending a lot of time together from now on.
"I hope we have a good time together, Wyatt."
Dan lifted Wyatt up so he could kiss the baby's forehead. Then he headed up the stairs where he left Wyatt in his crib, and he lay in his boxer shorts and t-shirt beside Paige.
-x-
Authors note: Yet more twists to the story. What's next? Review!
Authors note: My brother and sister-in-law left this morning, so now I've had time to write. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Twenty-one - Elderly Meeting
When they all arrived Up There Samuel, Adrian, and Jeremiah were waiting for them. The three Elders bowed their heads slightly, and Leo did the same.
Phoebe, who had been unconscious before they orbed, was wide-awake and standing on her feet. She was extremely confused at why she was in the heavens.
Dan stood in awe at what was going on. He was standing in heaven, or at least, part of it. He was sure that he'd wake up at any minute and all of this would be a dream.
"Daniel." The Elder known as Adrian, said. Dan turned to look at him.
"Yes, sir?"
"Like the surroundings, do you?" Dan, now eyes wide, nodded.
"Yes, sir."
"Please, call me Adrian."
"O-okay."
"Don't be nervous, son." Dan nodded. "Do you realize that you are the very first mortal to be allowed to come into the heavens?"
"No offence, Adrian," Leo said, "but I think you just made him a little more nervous."
Adrian looked to Leo, the back at Dan. "I'm terribly sorry."
"It's okay." Dan said softly.
"Let us sit." Jeremiah led the five from down below, along with Adrian and Samuel to a large semi circle pew.
"Shall I begin?" Adrian asked. Everyone nodded. "I am about to reveal a prophesy that should be taken with special care, sentiment, and understanding."
He paused to take a look at everyone sitting around him.
"And it shall come to pass, that the seventh mortal son of a witch shall rise. He shall counsel, direct, and guide the next great power of witches."
Adrian finished with a smile, watching as the others took in the new information.
"Listen well," Samuel started, "for two century's ago, there was a powerful witch. She was not as powerful as Melinda Warren, your ancestor." He waved his hand at Piper, Phoebe, and Paige. "She had only one child, a son. When he was born without wiccan powers, she gave up her wiccan ways for a sense of normalcy."
"There has not yet been a woman in her blood line." Adrian said. "The witch's name," he paused, "was Cecilia Gordon."
"Are you saying that Dan-?" Phoebe said slowly.
"Wait- what about your sister?" Piper said, rocking Wyatt slowly in her arms.
"I- she's my half sister. My mother's daughter."
"That's why you could heal tonight, Dan." Paige held his hand.
"Who is the great power that he is to counsel and guide?" Jeremiah pointed at Wyatt, asleep in Piper's arms.
"This is why we called all of you to us." Samuel said. "Daniel must learn his new powers. You must be the ones to teach him. All four of you." He nodded at Leo. "He shall have more powers than you all, for in the time to come, he will need them."
"Wait- wait." Dan said. "Just wait. Are you saying that I'm not mortal; I have the real healing power. Nothing is temporary?"
Adrian nodded. "That is correct. You are not a witch, nor a white lighter. You are what we now call white guidance. You are the first."
"I just don't understand. I never knew about witches and white lighters and elders or anything until three years ago, and now I am a- something?"
"You are white guidance." Jeremiah said.
"Yes. White guidance." Dan repeated. "I have powers that I don't know how to use, and I have to learn so I can teach my best friends child how to live?"
"No, not to live." Samuel said. "To learn."
"I just, I don't know if I can do this. I've never been that much of a teacher. How can I be someone who can guide a child to great power?"
"It is how it is meant to be." Jeremiah said.
-x-
"I guess that is why you were feeling different, and queasy, huh Dan?" Piper said as they orbed back into the manor. They shielded their eyes at the bright sun.
"Geez, Leo, how long were we Up There?" Phoebe asked.
Leo looked down at his watch. "Fifteen hours."
Dan's eyes widened. "What? How?"
"Time goes by a little faster up there. Leo and I were there before we got married, fighting with the Elders to let us be wed. It felt like we were only gone a couple of hours, but when I got back, a month had passed by."
"I remember that." Phoebe said, stumbling towards the stairs. She picked up a few photos that had fallen off the wall from the disaster. "I had to take care of P3 while she was gone, and I felt like I messed up everything." Phoebe walked up the stairs.
"Since we've gotten back, I feel very tired. I'm going to go on to bed. You coming?" Paige looked at Dan.
"Yeah. I'll be up in a minute." Dan frowned, and looked at Wyatt in Piper's arms.
"Do you want to take him, Dan?" She asked.
"I- yeah. Is it okay?"
"It doesn't have to be anymore. You are his guidance. You guide him and help him grow up the right way." Leo said.
"It looks like you're stuck with us now." Piper said softly as she handed him the baby.
"I guess so."
"I'm going to go on up to bed." Piper said.
"Uh, me too." Leo said with a true yawn. "We'll leave our bedroom door open, so you can set him in his crib or there's a bassinet in Paige's room. So, whatever you want to do."
Dan nodded at Leo. The couple walked up the stairs to their bedroom.
He walked to the living room, holding the tiny bundle in his arms. He sat down on the sofa, staring down at Wyatt.
"Hi kid." He said with a smile. "I learned something new today. I hope that in the years to come I can teach you something new everyday. That's my new job, I guess. I'm your white guidance. In fact, I'm the very first white guidance ever." Dan ran his hand over Wyatt's soft fuzz for hair. "I hope I do everything right and set a good example for you.
"I'm not too good at making sense out of things. Maybe you'll be one of the few who will understand me. After all, we'll be spending a lot of time together from now on.
"I hope we have a good time together, Wyatt."
Dan lifted Wyatt up so he could kiss the baby's forehead. Then he headed up the stairs where he left Wyatt in his crib, and he lay in his boxer shorts and t-shirt beside Paige.
-x-
Authors note: Yet more twists to the story. What's next? Review!