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Family Affair
Chapter 35: There Is No Time Like The Present
Patty Halliwell appeared before her 4, beautiful daughters. She wore a beautiful white, glittering gown. A golden glow surrounded her. "Hello my daughters." Patty whispered.
"Mom...." Phoebe choked.
"You're the next spirit?" Piper asked.
"Correct, of Chistmas present." Patty whispered. She held out her hands. "It's time to go, we've only got an hour." She said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared in the living room of a small house. The room was brightly lit by the glowing Christmas tree and presents that were spread under them.
A dark skinned man was sitting on a couch, with his arm around a dark skinned woman.
"Darryl?" Paige asked.
"Mhmm." Patty whispered.
A little boy ran in and hopped into Darryl's lap. "Daddy, can I open a present early?" He asked, sweetly.
Darryl turned to his wife. "Well, shall we let him?" He asked, with a smile.
The dark skinned woman smiled and patted the little boy's head. "Sure, go ahead, as long as your father says it's okay." She said.
"Please, pretty please, with a cherry on top....Daddy?" The little boy begged, as he stared into Darryl's eyes.
Darryl rinned. "Okay, okay, you've won. You can open one gift." He said, putting emphasis on the word, one.
The little boy hopped off Darryl's lap and ran to the Christmas tree. He pulled out a small box and wripped it open. "Oh cool! The toy trucks I've been wanting!" He yelled with joy. He ran back to his parents and threw his arms around them, hugging them tightly. "I love you mommy and daddy!" He whispered.
"I love you too, son." The woman whispered.
"And I love you both, more than you'll ever know." Darryl whispered.
Phoebe wiped a few stray tears from her cheeks. "That's so sweet...." She whispered.
Piper put her arm around Phoebe's shoulders. "Darryl always did have a loving side, even though he gets upset with us a lot." She whispered. She smiled at the scene that she was watching, it was so peaceful.
Patty held out her hands again. "We must go, I still have four more things to show you." She said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared in Phiona's room.
Leo was sitting in a chair, next to Phiona's bed, just admiring his daughter. "She's just like her mother." Leo whispered. He reached out, gently stroking Phiona soft hair, careful not to wake her.
Piper gazed at Leo and her daughter. "Leo.."She whispered.
Prue shook her head. "Piper, he can't hear you. I don't think, right?" Prue asked.
Patty nodded. "Right now, you're just watching, they can't see or hear us." Patty said, as she gazed at her granddaguther. "She's beautiful, Piper." Patty said.
Leo smiled, contently. "I love you, my darling little girl. And your mother too, more than life itself." He whispered.
Patty held out her hands. "Two more stops, girls." Patty said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared a small kitchen. There was flour, cookies, and icing everywhere.
A little girl was sitting at a table, putting icing on a bell shaped cookie. "Look mommy! Doesn't it look pretty?" The little blonde girl asked.
A young, blonde woman walked over to the table and looked at the cookie. "It's the best yet!" She praised. She kissed the girl on her head. "Shouldn't daddy come look?" She asked.
A light brown haired man walked into the kitchen. "Did someone call me?" He asked.
"Daddy! Come look at my cookie!" The little girl said, in a cheerful tone.
The man walked up behind the girl and looked at the cookie. "Oh, it looks amazing. Did you make it all by yourself?" He asked.
"Yep!" The little girl said, with pride.
"Well, that is wonderful...." He said, as she hugged the girl.
"Who is this?" Prue asked. She thought the woman looked familiar, but couldn't quite place it.
"A witch, you helped save her a few years back. If you hadn't saved her, she wouldn't be spending this Christmas with her daughter and husband." Patty said, as she watched the scene.
Prue took Paige's hand. "It doesn't really hit ya, until you see it with your own eyes." She said.
Piper, Phoebe, and Paige just nodded.
Patty reached out for her daughters again. "One last thing that you need to see." She said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared on the sidewalk, by a coffee shop.
"Hey, I go to this place a lot." Paige said, as she pointed to the shop.
Patty walked to the side of the coffee shop and then into an ally.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige exchanged glances then followed their mother.
The 5 women stopped in their tracks.
"What are we suppose to see here?" Phoebe asked, in confusion.
"You'll see." Patty answered.
There was some rustling of papers then a girl poked her head out from behind a dumpster.
"Kally, did you find anything?" Asked a slightly smaller girl She looked about 7-years-old. She had long, dirty blonde hair, and a very dity and torn dress; her eyes were light blue. She was curled up under some papers, by a wall.
"No Kathy, I didn't." Replied the first girl, as she crawled out from behind the dumpster. She looked about 9-years-old. She had short, light brown hair. Her eyes were also light brown. She didn't have any shoes on, only a very dirty dress with many holes.
Another dirty little head popped up from behind Kathy. She appeared to have shoulder length, medium brown hair and hazel colored eyes. She looked about 4-years-old. "But Kal, my tummy wants some food..." The little girl said, with a pleading look. She shivered and snuggled closer to Kathy.
"Krissy, I looked, but I coouldn't find any...." Kally replied. She looked around. "Where's Katy?" She asked.
"Sleeping.." Kathy replied, as she pointed to a small bundle next to her, covered with some newspaper.
The bundle had dark hair and looked about 3-years-old. She began a little coughing fit, in her sleep, then moments late it ended.
"Why can't we go find mommy?" Krissy asked.
"Because, mommy isn't here anymore and she isn't coming back." Kally answered. She turned away again and dug though another pile of trash, this time pulling out a small bag of chips, with a few crushed pieces inside. She handed them to Krissy. "Here, you and Kathy split them, okay?" She said, making it sound like more of a statement.
Krissy nodded and took a few bites of the crumbs. "Thanks Kal..." She whispered. She smiled. "I love you." She added.
"Me too." Kathy replied. She took a few crumbs from the bag. "Merry Christmas Eve, Kal." Kathy whispered.
Kally scooted over to her sisters, putting her arm around Kathy and Katy. "I love you all, too. Merry Christmas Eve." She whispered.
Tears were flooding each of the Halliwells' faces.
Paige was touched most of all. First, because she is half whitelighter, making her feel the need to help. Second, because she has a daughter who looks about the age of the youngest girl. And third, because she was an orphan once, herself. "We...we have to help them." Paige cried.
Piper nodded. She was touched the second most, being that she was a mother as well. "We have to do something....After...after we get home, we're coming straight here...." Piper whispered.
Patty held out her hands. "My time is just about up." She whispered.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared back in the living room of the Halliwell Manor.
Patty quickly hugged each of her daughters. "I have to go now. I love you all, blessed be." She whispered. Then she disappeared, in another swirl of white lights.
"Blessed be." The Charmed Ones repeated.
Piper looked at the clock. "We have fifteen minutes before midnight. Let's go...." She whispered, as she held out her hands.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands.
"To help those little girls...." Paige whispered, as she orbed them out.
Paige orbed herself and her sisters in, next to the 4 sleeping little girls. "They look so little and frail.." Paige noted.
Prue held out her hands, telekinetically pulling Kally into her arms, making sure she was still asleep. "Poor girl...." Prue whispered.
Piper reached down, gently picking up Kathy.
Phoebe bent down and carefully lifted Krissy into her arms. "There there, it'll be okay." Phoebe whispered, as the little girl stirred.
"Katy." Paige whispered. In a swirl of orbs, Katy disappeared, moments later a sleeping Katy orbed into Paige's arms.
The 4 sisters, each holding a child, quickly got back together; shoulder to shoulder.
Once everyone was touching, Paige orbed them all out.
Paige orbed herself and everyone else into Phiona's room. Paige spotted Leo, half asleep, in the chair. "Leo." She whispered.
Leo's eyes opened and he saw the Charmed Ones standing by the door, with the little girls. Leo stood up and walked over to them. "What's going on?" He asked, in confusion.
"Honey, we don't have much time. Please, take care of these little girls until one o' clock. We'll be back then." Piper asked, as she handed Kathy to Leo.
"But who are they? How'd you find them?" Leo asked, in total confusion.
"That's Kathy." Piper whispered, as she pointed to the girl in Leo's arms.
"This is Kally." Prue whispered, as she looked at the girl in her own arms.
"I have Krissy." Phoebe whispered.
"And then I've got Katy." Paige whispered. "Hurry, orb them down stairs, put them on the couch. Then come back up here." Piper said, addressing Leo and Paige.
Leo and Paige quickly orbed out.
Leo and Paige orbed in, next to the sofa.
Paige laid Katy on the sofa. "Next to her." Paige whispered.
Leo carefully laid Kathy next to Katy.
Paige pulled a blanket over to the 2 little girls. Then she grabbed Leo's hand and orbed them out.
Paige orbed herself and Leo in. "Kally." She whispered. Kally orbed out of Prue's arms and into Paige's arms, then Paige orbed out.
Leo carefully took Krissy from Phoebe's arms and orbed out.
Leo orbed in, to find Paige carefully tucking Kally in, on the sofa. "What about this one?" Leo asked.
"Put her over here, next to Katy." Paige said, as she pointed to the spot on the sofa.
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe came walking down the stairs.
The grandfather clock chimed 12:00 A.M.
There was a swirl of white lights, then.... TO BE CONTINUED....
Family Affair
Chapter 35: There Is No Time Like The Present
Patty Halliwell appeared before her 4, beautiful daughters. She wore a beautiful white, glittering gown. A golden glow surrounded her. "Hello my daughters." Patty whispered.
"Mom...." Phoebe choked.
"You're the next spirit?" Piper asked.
"Correct, of Chistmas present." Patty whispered. She held out her hands. "It's time to go, we've only got an hour." She said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared in the living room of a small house. The room was brightly lit by the glowing Christmas tree and presents that were spread under them.
A dark skinned man was sitting on a couch, with his arm around a dark skinned woman.
"Darryl?" Paige asked.
"Mhmm." Patty whispered.
A little boy ran in and hopped into Darryl's lap. "Daddy, can I open a present early?" He asked, sweetly.
Darryl turned to his wife. "Well, shall we let him?" He asked, with a smile.
The dark skinned woman smiled and patted the little boy's head. "Sure, go ahead, as long as your father says it's okay." She said.
"Please, pretty please, with a cherry on top....Daddy?" The little boy begged, as he stared into Darryl's eyes.
Darryl rinned. "Okay, okay, you've won. You can open one gift." He said, putting emphasis on the word, one.
The little boy hopped off Darryl's lap and ran to the Christmas tree. He pulled out a small box and wripped it open. "Oh cool! The toy trucks I've been wanting!" He yelled with joy. He ran back to his parents and threw his arms around them, hugging them tightly. "I love you mommy and daddy!" He whispered.
"I love you too, son." The woman whispered.
"And I love you both, more than you'll ever know." Darryl whispered.
Phoebe wiped a few stray tears from her cheeks. "That's so sweet...." She whispered.
Piper put her arm around Phoebe's shoulders. "Darryl always did have a loving side, even though he gets upset with us a lot." She whispered. She smiled at the scene that she was watching, it was so peaceful.
Patty held out her hands again. "We must go, I still have four more things to show you." She said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared in Phiona's room.
Leo was sitting in a chair, next to Phiona's bed, just admiring his daughter. "She's just like her mother." Leo whispered. He reached out, gently stroking Phiona soft hair, careful not to wake her.
Piper gazed at Leo and her daughter. "Leo.."She whispered.
Prue shook her head. "Piper, he can't hear you. I don't think, right?" Prue asked.
Patty nodded. "Right now, you're just watching, they can't see or hear us." Patty said, as she gazed at her granddaguther. "She's beautiful, Piper." Patty said.
Leo smiled, contently. "I love you, my darling little girl. And your mother too, more than life itself." He whispered.
Patty held out her hands. "Two more stops, girls." Patty said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared a small kitchen. There was flour, cookies, and icing everywhere.
A little girl was sitting at a table, putting icing on a bell shaped cookie. "Look mommy! Doesn't it look pretty?" The little blonde girl asked.
A young, blonde woman walked over to the table and looked at the cookie. "It's the best yet!" She praised. She kissed the girl on her head. "Shouldn't daddy come look?" She asked.
A light brown haired man walked into the kitchen. "Did someone call me?" He asked.
"Daddy! Come look at my cookie!" The little girl said, in a cheerful tone.
The man walked up behind the girl and looked at the cookie. "Oh, it looks amazing. Did you make it all by yourself?" He asked.
"Yep!" The little girl said, with pride.
"Well, that is wonderful...." He said, as she hugged the girl.
"Who is this?" Prue asked. She thought the woman looked familiar, but couldn't quite place it.
"A witch, you helped save her a few years back. If you hadn't saved her, she wouldn't be spending this Christmas with her daughter and husband." Patty said, as she watched the scene.
Prue took Paige's hand. "It doesn't really hit ya, until you see it with your own eyes." She said.
Piper, Phoebe, and Paige just nodded.
Patty reached out for her daughters again. "One last thing that you need to see." She said.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared on the sidewalk, by a coffee shop.
"Hey, I go to this place a lot." Paige said, as she pointed to the shop.
Patty walked to the side of the coffee shop and then into an ally.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige exchanged glances then followed their mother.
The 5 women stopped in their tracks.
"What are we suppose to see here?" Phoebe asked, in confusion.
"You'll see." Patty answered.
There was some rustling of papers then a girl poked her head out from behind a dumpster.
"Kally, did you find anything?" Asked a slightly smaller girl She looked about 7-years-old. She had long, dirty blonde hair, and a very dity and torn dress; her eyes were light blue. She was curled up under some papers, by a wall.
"No Kathy, I didn't." Replied the first girl, as she crawled out from behind the dumpster. She looked about 9-years-old. She had short, light brown hair. Her eyes were also light brown. She didn't have any shoes on, only a very dirty dress with many holes.
Another dirty little head popped up from behind Kathy. She appeared to have shoulder length, medium brown hair and hazel colored eyes. She looked about 4-years-old. "But Kal, my tummy wants some food..." The little girl said, with a pleading look. She shivered and snuggled closer to Kathy.
"Krissy, I looked, but I coouldn't find any...." Kally replied. She looked around. "Where's Katy?" She asked.
"Sleeping.." Kathy replied, as she pointed to a small bundle next to her, covered with some newspaper.
The bundle had dark hair and looked about 3-years-old. She began a little coughing fit, in her sleep, then moments late it ended.
"Why can't we go find mommy?" Krissy asked.
"Because, mommy isn't here anymore and she isn't coming back." Kally answered. She turned away again and dug though another pile of trash, this time pulling out a small bag of chips, with a few crushed pieces inside. She handed them to Krissy. "Here, you and Kathy split them, okay?" She said, making it sound like more of a statement.
Krissy nodded and took a few bites of the crumbs. "Thanks Kal..." She whispered. She smiled. "I love you." She added.
"Me too." Kathy replied. She took a few crumbs from the bag. "Merry Christmas Eve, Kal." Kathy whispered.
Kally scooted over to her sisters, putting her arm around Kathy and Katy. "I love you all, too. Merry Christmas Eve." She whispered.
Tears were flooding each of the Halliwells' faces.
Paige was touched most of all. First, because she is half whitelighter, making her feel the need to help. Second, because she has a daughter who looks about the age of the youngest girl. And third, because she was an orphan once, herself. "We...we have to help them." Paige cried.
Piper nodded. She was touched the second most, being that she was a mother as well. "We have to do something....After...after we get home, we're coming straight here...." Piper whispered.
Patty held out her hands. "My time is just about up." She whispered.
Patty, Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands; creating a large circle.
The group was enveloped in a swirl of glimmering white lights and vanished.
Moments later there was another swirl of glimmering white lights, then the five women appeared back in the living room of the Halliwell Manor.
Patty quickly hugged each of her daughters. "I have to go now. I love you all, blessed be." She whispered. Then she disappeared, in another swirl of white lights.
"Blessed be." The Charmed Ones repeated.
Piper looked at the clock. "We have fifteen minutes before midnight. Let's go...." She whispered, as she held out her hands.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige took hands.
"To help those little girls...." Paige whispered, as she orbed them out.
Paige orbed herself and her sisters in, next to the 4 sleeping little girls. "They look so little and frail.." Paige noted.
Prue held out her hands, telekinetically pulling Kally into her arms, making sure she was still asleep. "Poor girl...." Prue whispered.
Piper reached down, gently picking up Kathy.
Phoebe bent down and carefully lifted Krissy into her arms. "There there, it'll be okay." Phoebe whispered, as the little girl stirred.
"Katy." Paige whispered. In a swirl of orbs, Katy disappeared, moments later a sleeping Katy orbed into Paige's arms.
The 4 sisters, each holding a child, quickly got back together; shoulder to shoulder.
Once everyone was touching, Paige orbed them all out.
Paige orbed herself and everyone else into Phiona's room. Paige spotted Leo, half asleep, in the chair. "Leo." She whispered.
Leo's eyes opened and he saw the Charmed Ones standing by the door, with the little girls. Leo stood up and walked over to them. "What's going on?" He asked, in confusion.
"Honey, we don't have much time. Please, take care of these little girls until one o' clock. We'll be back then." Piper asked, as she handed Kathy to Leo.
"But who are they? How'd you find them?" Leo asked, in total confusion.
"That's Kathy." Piper whispered, as she pointed to the girl in Leo's arms.
"This is Kally." Prue whispered, as she looked at the girl in her own arms.
"I have Krissy." Phoebe whispered.
"And then I've got Katy." Paige whispered. "Hurry, orb them down stairs, put them on the couch. Then come back up here." Piper said, addressing Leo and Paige.
Leo and Paige quickly orbed out.
Leo and Paige orbed in, next to the sofa.
Paige laid Katy on the sofa. "Next to her." Paige whispered.
Leo carefully laid Kathy next to Katy.
Paige pulled a blanket over to the 2 little girls. Then she grabbed Leo's hand and orbed them out.
Paige orbed herself and Leo in. "Kally." She whispered. Kally orbed out of Prue's arms and into Paige's arms, then Paige orbed out.
Leo carefully took Krissy from Phoebe's arms and orbed out.
Leo orbed in, to find Paige carefully tucking Kally in, on the sofa. "What about this one?" Leo asked.
"Put her over here, next to Katy." Paige said, as she pointed to the spot on the sofa.
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe came walking down the stairs.
The grandfather clock chimed 12:00 A.M.
There was a swirl of white lights, then.... TO BE CONTINUED....