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The Power Of Sisters
Chapter 5: Charming Revelations, Or Not

Patty bowed her head. "You summoned us?" Patty asked.

Penny stared straight at the hooded figures. "Yes?" She inquired.

"You have some explaining to do." Shamon replied.

Penny and Patty exchanged glances.

"Go on." Penny urged.

"The Charmed Ones. Specifically, Paige, the youngest." Marla informed.

"Who is her father?" Shamon questioned.

Patty's face flushed with red color. "Why?" She asked.

"Because we demand you tell us!" Shamon answered, his voice raising a little with each word.

"Shamon...." Marla whispered. "We need to know....She wasn't part of the original prophecy, was she?" She asked.

"What do you mean? She's a Charmed One, isn't she?" Penny asked, her face still stern.

"We mean, she doesn't have the power of premonition." Marla replied. "The prophecy clearly stated that the Charmed Ones would be three sisters witches: one with the power to move things with her mind; one with the power to freeze time; and one with the power to see the past, present, and future." Marla said.

"She should, she's the third Charmed One." Penny answered.

"What about the child you had before, the third child, the taken one?" Shamon asked.

Patty stole a quick glance at her mother, Penny. "We fear that she is dead, killed by demons. You know that, that's why destiny gave me a fourth child, that I wouldn't of had otherwise." Patty replied.

"What power did she have?" Marla asked.

Penny shook her head. "We don't know." She lied.

"It's a lie!" Shamon roared.

"Shamon!" Marla snapped. She locked eyes with Patty. "You do know, don't you? It was premonitions, wasn't it?" She asked, as she kept a steady gaze on Patty.

"Patty.." Penny whispered.

"Silence, Penny!" Shamon hissed.

Patty slowly nodded, as a few tears dripped down her cheeks. "Yes..it was premonitons." Patty finally said.

"And the fourth child, she does not have premonitions. She....she orbs." Marla replied.

Patty quickly turned her head away. "Yes!" She yelled.

Leo covered his mouth, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, and probably wouldn't believe what he was almost sure would come next.

"It was....Sam Wilder." Marla said, slowly. "His child....Your child." She said.

Patty turned back to face Marla. "Yes." She murmured.

"You broke the rules, fell in love with your whitelighter, and had a child with him?" Marla asked. She knew that on some level there should be punishment, she knew the other Elders would give them a punishment, but she also couldn't help but feel some pain; she too, once loved a man, and lost him.

"Yes. Paige is Sam's daughter, but never the less, a Charmed One. A very powerful Charmed One that the world needs, you can't destroy her!" Patty said, then wiped a clump of tears from her face.

"She is a Charmed One, and we can't take her away or the world will be plunged into chaos, but we can still punish you!" Shamon replied, as he pointed to Patty and Penny. "This meeting is over, we will summon you when we've decided your punishment." He stated, then waved his hand, making Patty and Penny disappear in a swirl of white lights.

Marla looked from Shamon, to the other Elders, to Leo. "You must get back to your charges, Leo. We have other things we must accomplish." Marla said.

Leo nodded. "Yes." He answered, then orbed out.

Shamon and Marla walked back to the circle of Elders, to decide the punishment for Paige's birth.

Piper dug throguh a large back in the back seat of her car; pulling out makeup, tissues, change, candy wrappers, ect.... "Man, I need to clean this thing out!" Piper said, as she reached into the bag again. She smiled then pulled out her cell phone. "Now...." Her voice trailed off as she stared at the phone. "Damn! It's dead!" She cursed. 'And I forgot my car charger at home.' She thought. "Pay phone time." Piper said, to herself. She grabbed a load of change that she'd extracted from her bag and counted it. "Good, I should have at least enough to call home." Piper said. She pulled out 2 quarters and walked over to the nearest pay phone, a few feet away on the side of the Quake building. She deposited the quarters into the slot and dialed her home number. 'Hopefully Paige is still there.' Piper thought, as the phone rang.

Paige was beginning to doze off, when she heard the phone ring, and jumped from the couch. "Whoa, just the phone." Paige said aloud, as she ran into the kitchen. 'Hopefully Prue or Piper!' She thought, as she grabbed the phone. "Paige Halliwell of the Halliwell residence." Paige said.

"Paige, it's Piper." Piper replied, from the other end of the phone.

"Piper! Oh thank God, you got my message on your cell?" Paige questioned.

"Umm, no, actually I didn't. But I'm calling you because the weirdest thing happened to me today, a little freaky!" Piper said. She paused and then continued. "Actually....a lot freaky!" Piper corrected.

"Oh my God, me too! Look, we should meet and talk in person though!" Paige said.

"I'm sure it wasn't as weird as what happened to me." Piper said. "But okay, where should we meet?" Piper asked.

"Oh no, I', sure it's worse." Paige replied. She took a deep breath. "Charlie's. Ya know that little coffee place down town that Grams used to take us as kids?" Paige asked.

"Yeah! Oh, I haven't been there in so long. But I'm sure I know where it is." Piper answered. "Okay, about....twenty minutes?" Piper asked.

"Yeah, twenty minutes." Paige replied. "Be careful." She said, as an after thought.

"You too." Piper said, then she hung up the pay phone. "Well, Paige may of had a weird day, but I'm sure it doesn't compare to mine." Piper said to herself, as she got into her car. She put the key in and started the car, then drove off.

Paige grabbed her car keys from the kitchen table and her cell phone. Then she dashed out the door of the Halliwell Manor and into her little green V.W. Bug. She started the car and drove off. "Piper's day probably compares nothing to mine! I mean hell, it's not like she stopped time or something." Paige replied, with a roll of her eys. Then she paused. "Is it?" She asked, out loud.

The Elders stood together in a line, within the white and very misty room.

Shamon stepped forward and waved his hand, making Patty and Penny appear, in a swirl of white lights. "We've come to a decision." He said, without emotion in his tone.

Penny took Patty's hand and gave a comforting squeeze.

"Patty Halliwell, for disobeying the rules between witches and whitelighters during your life time, and having a child with your whitelighter...." Shamon said. He turned to Penny. "And Penny Halliwell, for helping to cover up the child's whitelighter heritage...." Shamon said. He paused for a moment, to catch his breath, then began to speak once more. "We, The Elders, have decided your punishment; you...." TO BE CONTINUED....