Title: Destiny and Truth
Author: Half_Human Summary: Piper must make the hardest decision of her life. Author's note: Ok, I'm sorry I have posted this so late, I was somewhat hesitant in writing it because I was a bit worried at what everyone would think, but after seeing a recent episode of Charmed, I feel like psychic! Lol, you'll know what I mean. Please read and review. ~*~ Piper could not believe what she heard. The words felt like a dagger striking her heart. The entire world seemed like a blur to her. She felt dizzy and nauseous. She turned to her sisters and noticed that it was all up to her. She had to choose the fate of sixteen children, and ultimately the fate of her son. Thoughts and memories flashed back to her. She was over taken by the memory of first discovering her pregnancy. Then her thoughts moved and converged- all was unstill. The fury of the memories, the emotions that tagged along- all clashed in her head, violently and unrelenting. She couldn't see past the storm of thoughts. But then she remembered the dream. Piper suddenly felt Prue's warm hand gently caress her face and then she heard once again in her head: "The light can be deceiving." All at once the memories of the incongruities surrounding her son shot out and attacked her. The fact that her child was a boy, the fact that no one knew it- not even those of evil, her grandmother's disapproval- she could still hear her. "This was not the baby you were meant to have," her grandmother's chilling words rang through her head. Then the dream came back again. "The light can be deceiving.sacrifices must be made." The reality that presented itself was too much for Piper. She couldn't face the truth. She just couldn't. Suddenly she felt something tug at her. She quickly snapped out of her reverie and looked down. At her feet was Wyatt, tugging on her pants. His eyes bore into hers and they both seem to understand each other. She began to cry. Her tears came down crashing from her face as she bent down and picked up her son. Wyatt put his hands on his mother's face and seemed to wipe away her tears. She held him against her tightly and continued to cry.
"How touching," the demon said sardonically. It was the first thing spoken since his proposal to Piper.
"Shut up, you sick bastard!" Paige screamed. Phoebe held her palms up signaling Paige to settle down. Paige complied but remained staring at the demon. It was overall silent; the only sounds were the rumbling thunder out side and Piper's sobs. The mood was tense and Paige, Phoebe, and even Sholon waited till Piper made her decision.
~*~
The storm raged on. The lights in the Halliwell manor attic would flicker now and then. Piper held her son tightly against her. She looked up at the ceiling; her face red and wet with tears. Suddenly she began to yell, "Leo! Leo where are you! Where are you!" she screamed as more tears dampened her face. Paige and Phoebe were heart broken. They had never seen their sister in such torment. They never saw her truly express her pain and loss. "Where the hell are you!" she continued. "This is your son!"
Nothing happened.
Piper then lowered her head and silenced herself. She kissed her son and moved him to the side of her waste.
"You want my son?" Piper asked hesitantly.
"That is what I asked for," the demon said sounding irritated.
"If you return the children, all of them, then I will.then I will hand you my son," Piper said, trying to control her voice and maintain her posture.
"Very well," Sholon grinned. Paige and Phoebe stared at Piper. They didn't hear what they did. Did they?
"Piper, please-
"No," Piper said solemnly to Phoebe's protest. Sholon waved his hands in some strange way and then put them at his sides.
"It has been done," he said.
"I don't believe you, where are they?" Phoebe asked.
"Where they were when I found them," he said slyly, " And don't think you can repent and take back your decision because I have made it so that if I am vanquished by you, I will take the children with me." Paige cursed under her breadth.
The phone suddenly rang. Phoebe and Paige looked at each other and Paige decided to go get it. Piper just kept staring at her son, then at Sholon, then at her son again.
"Are you going to give me the boy or what? I can always take away the children again," the demon said to Piper. She simply remained silent.
Paige returned upstairs panting. "It was Darryl. It appears that the bastard was telling the truth. Darryl has received calls from all the parents, the children are back."
Silence again. "Come one, " Sholon pressed on, "I have been too patient. Let me go and give me the child. I only want Wyatt. Remove these crystals!" The sisters remained still.
"Do it," Piper whispered. "Do it," she repeated louder when her sisters didn't move. Paige and Phoebe hesitantly removed the crystals. Sholon was now fully capable of hurting them.
"If you try something-
"I only want the boy," Sholon sneered. He stretched out his hands. Paige and Phoebe stared in horror as they watched Piper walk around the stand that held the Book of Shadows, with Wyatt, toward Sholon. Piper looked at her son once more and delved into his blue eyes.
"I love you, " she whispered. "I will always love you. I'm so sorry." Wyatt remained silent, as if he knew what was happening. Piper slowly held out Wyatt, and then suddenly Wyatt elevated into the air and began moving towards Sholon's hands.
"No!" Phoebe and Paige cried in unison. They both dashed toward the demon, but with a wave of her hand, Piper exploded a bookshelf near her sisters and large pieces of wood struck them.
Paige and Phoebe were shocked. They had fallen to the ground with the explosion of the bookshelf, and were horrified to see Wyatt, their nephew, disappear the moment he entered Sholon's hands.
~*~
With Sholon and Wyatt's disappearance, Phoebe and Paige looked toward Piper. She had collapsed to the ground in tears when her son vanished before her eyes. The two headed toward her to provide comfort.
~*~
Two weeks had passed since Wyatt's departure from Piper's life. Though it was difficult to accept, Piper seemed content on her decision, it was as if she knew she had to make it.
The storm had passed.
Piper resting in bed one night tossing and turning. She had barely any sleep since Wyatt left and when she did, she found it hard to sleep soundly. Once again, she found herself in the same dark place where she had so frequently visited before:
It's almost pitch black, there is nothing really left to see. The light that once stood afar, now no longer exist. Piper turns and discover a soft glowing light behind her- a figure-its Prue. Piper's eyes well up with tears as she stands still and watches her sister float toward her.
"Why?" Piper manages to mutter. Prue looks at her sister with sympathy in her eyes, and then smiles.
"It was always meant to happen," Prue whispers. Piper then straightens up, and wipes away her tears.
"What happens to Wyatt?" Piper asks desperately. Prue looks at her hard, as if to determine whether she should say, and then she hovers closer to Piper. She brushes her face against Piper's cheek and whispers into her ear,
"Wyatt.becomes the future source." ~*~ Piper yanked herself out of the dream. She shot up out of her bed and repeatedly shook her head.
"No, no.no," she whispered in disbelief. She looked around her empty barren room and noticed that there was no one there with her. No one could hear her cries; no one could change the past-or the future. It was always meant to happen. Piper looked to the corner where her son once slept and asked again, "Why?" There was nothing but silence. She returned to her bed, and with the comfort of the truth and the fear of her destiny, she closed her eyes. ~*~END~*~
Author: Half_Human Summary: Piper must make the hardest decision of her life. Author's note: Ok, I'm sorry I have posted this so late, I was somewhat hesitant in writing it because I was a bit worried at what everyone would think, but after seeing a recent episode of Charmed, I feel like psychic! Lol, you'll know what I mean. Please read and review. ~*~ Piper could not believe what she heard. The words felt like a dagger striking her heart. The entire world seemed like a blur to her. She felt dizzy and nauseous. She turned to her sisters and noticed that it was all up to her. She had to choose the fate of sixteen children, and ultimately the fate of her son. Thoughts and memories flashed back to her. She was over taken by the memory of first discovering her pregnancy. Then her thoughts moved and converged- all was unstill. The fury of the memories, the emotions that tagged along- all clashed in her head, violently and unrelenting. She couldn't see past the storm of thoughts. But then she remembered the dream. Piper suddenly felt Prue's warm hand gently caress her face and then she heard once again in her head: "The light can be deceiving." All at once the memories of the incongruities surrounding her son shot out and attacked her. The fact that her child was a boy, the fact that no one knew it- not even those of evil, her grandmother's disapproval- she could still hear her. "This was not the baby you were meant to have," her grandmother's chilling words rang through her head. Then the dream came back again. "The light can be deceiving.sacrifices must be made." The reality that presented itself was too much for Piper. She couldn't face the truth. She just couldn't. Suddenly she felt something tug at her. She quickly snapped out of her reverie and looked down. At her feet was Wyatt, tugging on her pants. His eyes bore into hers and they both seem to understand each other. She began to cry. Her tears came down crashing from her face as she bent down and picked up her son. Wyatt put his hands on his mother's face and seemed to wipe away her tears. She held him against her tightly and continued to cry.
"How touching," the demon said sardonically. It was the first thing spoken since his proposal to Piper.
"Shut up, you sick bastard!" Paige screamed. Phoebe held her palms up signaling Paige to settle down. Paige complied but remained staring at the demon. It was overall silent; the only sounds were the rumbling thunder out side and Piper's sobs. The mood was tense and Paige, Phoebe, and even Sholon waited till Piper made her decision.
~*~
The storm raged on. The lights in the Halliwell manor attic would flicker now and then. Piper held her son tightly against her. She looked up at the ceiling; her face red and wet with tears. Suddenly she began to yell, "Leo! Leo where are you! Where are you!" she screamed as more tears dampened her face. Paige and Phoebe were heart broken. They had never seen their sister in such torment. They never saw her truly express her pain and loss. "Where the hell are you!" she continued. "This is your son!"
Nothing happened.
Piper then lowered her head and silenced herself. She kissed her son and moved him to the side of her waste.
"You want my son?" Piper asked hesitantly.
"That is what I asked for," the demon said sounding irritated.
"If you return the children, all of them, then I will.then I will hand you my son," Piper said, trying to control her voice and maintain her posture.
"Very well," Sholon grinned. Paige and Phoebe stared at Piper. They didn't hear what they did. Did they?
"Piper, please-
"No," Piper said solemnly to Phoebe's protest. Sholon waved his hands in some strange way and then put them at his sides.
"It has been done," he said.
"I don't believe you, where are they?" Phoebe asked.
"Where they were when I found them," he said slyly, " And don't think you can repent and take back your decision because I have made it so that if I am vanquished by you, I will take the children with me." Paige cursed under her breadth.
The phone suddenly rang. Phoebe and Paige looked at each other and Paige decided to go get it. Piper just kept staring at her son, then at Sholon, then at her son again.
"Are you going to give me the boy or what? I can always take away the children again," the demon said to Piper. She simply remained silent.
Paige returned upstairs panting. "It was Darryl. It appears that the bastard was telling the truth. Darryl has received calls from all the parents, the children are back."
Silence again. "Come one, " Sholon pressed on, "I have been too patient. Let me go and give me the child. I only want Wyatt. Remove these crystals!" The sisters remained still.
"Do it," Piper whispered. "Do it," she repeated louder when her sisters didn't move. Paige and Phoebe hesitantly removed the crystals. Sholon was now fully capable of hurting them.
"If you try something-
"I only want the boy," Sholon sneered. He stretched out his hands. Paige and Phoebe stared in horror as they watched Piper walk around the stand that held the Book of Shadows, with Wyatt, toward Sholon. Piper looked at her son once more and delved into his blue eyes.
"I love you, " she whispered. "I will always love you. I'm so sorry." Wyatt remained silent, as if he knew what was happening. Piper slowly held out Wyatt, and then suddenly Wyatt elevated into the air and began moving towards Sholon's hands.
"No!" Phoebe and Paige cried in unison. They both dashed toward the demon, but with a wave of her hand, Piper exploded a bookshelf near her sisters and large pieces of wood struck them.
Paige and Phoebe were shocked. They had fallen to the ground with the explosion of the bookshelf, and were horrified to see Wyatt, their nephew, disappear the moment he entered Sholon's hands.
~*~
With Sholon and Wyatt's disappearance, Phoebe and Paige looked toward Piper. She had collapsed to the ground in tears when her son vanished before her eyes. The two headed toward her to provide comfort.
~*~
Two weeks had passed since Wyatt's departure from Piper's life. Though it was difficult to accept, Piper seemed content on her decision, it was as if she knew she had to make it.
The storm had passed.
Piper resting in bed one night tossing and turning. She had barely any sleep since Wyatt left and when she did, she found it hard to sleep soundly. Once again, she found herself in the same dark place where she had so frequently visited before:
It's almost pitch black, there is nothing really left to see. The light that once stood afar, now no longer exist. Piper turns and discover a soft glowing light behind her- a figure-its Prue. Piper's eyes well up with tears as she stands still and watches her sister float toward her.
"Why?" Piper manages to mutter. Prue looks at her sister with sympathy in her eyes, and then smiles.
"It was always meant to happen," Prue whispers. Piper then straightens up, and wipes away her tears.
"What happens to Wyatt?" Piper asks desperately. Prue looks at her hard, as if to determine whether she should say, and then she hovers closer to Piper. She brushes her face against Piper's cheek and whispers into her ear,
"Wyatt.becomes the future source." ~*~ Piper yanked herself out of the dream. She shot up out of her bed and repeatedly shook her head.
"No, no.no," she whispered in disbelief. She looked around her empty barren room and noticed that there was no one there with her. No one could hear her cries; no one could change the past-or the future. It was always meant to happen. Piper looked to the corner where her son once slept and asked again, "Why?" There was nothing but silence. She returned to her bed, and with the comfort of the truth and the fear of her destiny, she closed her eyes. ~*~END~*~