A/N: Sorry for the delay, my life have been a little hectic lately. But now I'm on summer break so I have more time to finish up the story. Thanks for those who'd reviewed the story. Keep R/R.
Chapter Four: Discovery
It's been one month since Junior's first day of school. Things have been going smoothly. He had never minded about *the picture*. He had come to realize, that his mother felt uncomfortable when he asked that question, and would just ignore it. He had made a few friends in the past month. Everyday whenever Phoebe picked Junior up, he would just spent the entire ride talking about how his day was, what he and his friends did, what they had for lunch and so on. Phoebe was happier now; it's not that she wasn't happy then...because she was. But now, her son had start going out into the world, meeting new people, making friends, and come home and shared it with her.
If Cole were still alive, she knows in her heart he would be proud of Junior. Everyday, Phoebe would thank God for Junior. Without him, she wouldn't know where she'd be right now.
As days went by, Junior grew bigger, bigger for a boy his age; maybe it's his demonic inheritance.
He always gets excited whenever it comes to school. But on this particular day, he was gloomy, sad...
He starts his morning with the usual routine. He got up early in the morning wash up, half the day was going great until nap time. He starts feeling dizzy; he felt like his head was exploding, the dizziness was taking over his tiny head. He cries out for Phoebe, but Miss Xander keeps trying to convince him to go and take a nap and he would feel better when he wakes up. However he continues to cries out for his mother. Suddenly a heavily wave of dizziness rushed over him, just at a blink of an eye he was out of sight. A horrified Miss Xander starts screaming, and startles all the other kids.
Junior's body was spotted in Phoebe's office. "Mommy?" He looked at his surrounding, unable to contain himself off the ground.
"Junior?" Phoebe swung her chair facing Jr. "How...what...how?"
"Mommy!" He cries running to her.
"Oh, honey it's ok." Phoebe picked him up and patted his back softly; he buried his face into her chest.
Thoughts start to take over her mind. How would she explain this to him? For goodness' sake, he's only 5! What does he know about powers, witches, and demons? God! She needs help.
"Baby, are you all right?" She asked in her sweet motherly manner.
"Oh, sweetie, it's going to be all right." She places a kiss on his forehead and gently rubbed it. "Did you realize what happened?"
"Uh, uh." He gently shook his head in confusion.
Minutes passed as Miss Xander furiously running around to the front office and anxiously picked by the phone and called Phoebe's cell number. With no luck, she rambles around the office and tell the principal what had happened.
"He just...vanished! Disappeared!" She gestured her hands as she explains in her squeakiest voice.
"Miss Xander! Calm down! Now take a deep breath." The principal tries to calm her down. "And slowly, tell me what happened."
"Cole Halliwell was just standing in the middle of the room, crying out for his mom, and he had a headache so I try to convince him to go and take a nap. But he kept crying out for her, then all of the sudden, WHOOSH! He's gone!" She tries to explain as slowly as she could and keep in line.
"So are you saying the little boy just disappeared out of thin air?" He looks at her as if she was crazy. And she nods her head, not believing herself of what she'd just said. "That's outrageous, it's impossible. A little boy can't just disappear. Are you sure you actually saw this or probably you were just hallucinating?"
Standing there looking blankly at the principal, she now wasn't even sure if she was hallucinating or... or, no it can't be! People can't just disappear like that! On second thought, she may be hallucinating. Of course she is! People vanish in this air. Funny! She snaps out of her thought and return to reality slapping herself over the head and look back at the principal who's staring at her with such puzzled pair of pierced blue eyes.
"I---I guess, I was just imagining it." She slaps herself over the head again. "I'm sorry to make a big fuss about it."
"It's ok." The principle dismissed her.
Meanwhile Phoebe gathered her stuff and headed home with Junior. She nervously runs her fingers through her hair, as her other hand steers the wheel. "Mommy what's shimmering?" Junior wondered as his eyes roamed the view out the window.
"It's, uh, it's when you, uh, being transported from one place to another just by thinking about it." Phoebe was having a hard time explaining to the toddler.
"Is that magic?" Junior turned his head looking with confusion at Phoebe.
"Yeah...you can say that." She nodded her head.
"Do you have magic, Mommy?" The question hit Phoebe unexpectedly.
"Uh, yeah, we all do..." Phoebe admits, " We all are very special."
"Is Miss Xander special?" Junior questioned.
"In her own way." Phoebe confidently answered as she pulls the car up onto the driveway of the manor. "Ok, come on."
Junior promptly gotten out of the door and runs into the manor, "Aunty Piper!!!" He practically jumped on her.
"Junior! Hey baby!" Piper excitedly greeted him.
"I got out of school today!" He told her as he let her go.
"How?" She gives him a cute inquisitive look.
"I shimmered!" He proudly answered, as his mother entered the door.
Piper was in shocked by Junior's comment; she looks at Phoebe with the "uh-what" look.
"Yeah, to my office." Phoebe simply answered. The sisters had discussed the matter of Junior's discovery, while waiting for Paige to get home. It was a huge complication to telling Junior who they really are, and who he really is. But the subject of Cole had never mentioned. Phoebe thought it doesn't matter if she didn't mention Cole. However it was Cole who's responsible for Junior's shimmering.
"Did anyone see you shimmered?" Paige asked.
"Uh-huh, some of the kids and Miss Xander." Junior answered as he lay in Phoebe's arms.
"Ok, we have to get Leo to put that memory dust on them." Piper strongly suggested. " Leo!"
"Piper! Have you thought this through?" Phoebe worries. "What if the memory dust effect is stronger than it is suppose to be?"
"Phoebe! We had been dusted a couple of times and there wasn't much of a side effect." Piper argued.
"Well, I suppose so..." Phoebe agrees.
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I have decided to move Realization to Chapter 5, which I hope to be done by next week.
Chapter Four: Discovery
It's been one month since Junior's first day of school. Things have been going smoothly. He had never minded about *the picture*. He had come to realize, that his mother felt uncomfortable when he asked that question, and would just ignore it. He had made a few friends in the past month. Everyday whenever Phoebe picked Junior up, he would just spent the entire ride talking about how his day was, what he and his friends did, what they had for lunch and so on. Phoebe was happier now; it's not that she wasn't happy then...because she was. But now, her son had start going out into the world, meeting new people, making friends, and come home and shared it with her.
If Cole were still alive, she knows in her heart he would be proud of Junior. Everyday, Phoebe would thank God for Junior. Without him, she wouldn't know where she'd be right now.
As days went by, Junior grew bigger, bigger for a boy his age; maybe it's his demonic inheritance.
He always gets excited whenever it comes to school. But on this particular day, he was gloomy, sad...
He starts his morning with the usual routine. He got up early in the morning wash up, half the day was going great until nap time. He starts feeling dizzy; he felt like his head was exploding, the dizziness was taking over his tiny head. He cries out for Phoebe, but Miss Xander keeps trying to convince him to go and take a nap and he would feel better when he wakes up. However he continues to cries out for his mother. Suddenly a heavily wave of dizziness rushed over him, just at a blink of an eye he was out of sight. A horrified Miss Xander starts screaming, and startles all the other kids.
Junior's body was spotted in Phoebe's office. "Mommy?" He looked at his surrounding, unable to contain himself off the ground.
"Junior?" Phoebe swung her chair facing Jr. "How...what...how?"
"Mommy!" He cries running to her.
"Oh, honey it's ok." Phoebe picked him up and patted his back softly; he buried his face into her chest.
Thoughts start to take over her mind. How would she explain this to him? For goodness' sake, he's only 5! What does he know about powers, witches, and demons? God! She needs help.
"Baby, are you all right?" She asked in her sweet motherly manner.
"Oh, sweetie, it's going to be all right." She places a kiss on his forehead and gently rubbed it. "Did you realize what happened?"
"Uh, uh." He gently shook his head in confusion.
Minutes passed as Miss Xander furiously running around to the front office and anxiously picked by the phone and called Phoebe's cell number. With no luck, she rambles around the office and tell the principal what had happened.
"He just...vanished! Disappeared!" She gestured her hands as she explains in her squeakiest voice.
"Miss Xander! Calm down! Now take a deep breath." The principal tries to calm her down. "And slowly, tell me what happened."
"Cole Halliwell was just standing in the middle of the room, crying out for his mom, and he had a headache so I try to convince him to go and take a nap. But he kept crying out for her, then all of the sudden, WHOOSH! He's gone!" She tries to explain as slowly as she could and keep in line.
"So are you saying the little boy just disappeared out of thin air?" He looks at her as if she was crazy. And she nods her head, not believing herself of what she'd just said. "That's outrageous, it's impossible. A little boy can't just disappear. Are you sure you actually saw this or probably you were just hallucinating?"
Standing there looking blankly at the principal, she now wasn't even sure if she was hallucinating or... or, no it can't be! People can't just disappear like that! On second thought, she may be hallucinating. Of course she is! People vanish in this air. Funny! She snaps out of her thought and return to reality slapping herself over the head and look back at the principal who's staring at her with such puzzled pair of pierced blue eyes.
"I---I guess, I was just imagining it." She slaps herself over the head again. "I'm sorry to make a big fuss about it."
"It's ok." The principle dismissed her.
Meanwhile Phoebe gathered her stuff and headed home with Junior. She nervously runs her fingers through her hair, as her other hand steers the wheel. "Mommy what's shimmering?" Junior wondered as his eyes roamed the view out the window.
"It's, uh, it's when you, uh, being transported from one place to another just by thinking about it." Phoebe was having a hard time explaining to the toddler.
"Is that magic?" Junior turned his head looking with confusion at Phoebe.
"Yeah...you can say that." She nodded her head.
"Do you have magic, Mommy?" The question hit Phoebe unexpectedly.
"Uh, yeah, we all do..." Phoebe admits, " We all are very special."
"Is Miss Xander special?" Junior questioned.
"In her own way." Phoebe confidently answered as she pulls the car up onto the driveway of the manor. "Ok, come on."
Junior promptly gotten out of the door and runs into the manor, "Aunty Piper!!!" He practically jumped on her.
"Junior! Hey baby!" Piper excitedly greeted him.
"I got out of school today!" He told her as he let her go.
"How?" She gives him a cute inquisitive look.
"I shimmered!" He proudly answered, as his mother entered the door.
Piper was in shocked by Junior's comment; she looks at Phoebe with the "uh-what" look.
"Yeah, to my office." Phoebe simply answered. The sisters had discussed the matter of Junior's discovery, while waiting for Paige to get home. It was a huge complication to telling Junior who they really are, and who he really is. But the subject of Cole had never mentioned. Phoebe thought it doesn't matter if she didn't mention Cole. However it was Cole who's responsible for Junior's shimmering.
"Did anyone see you shimmered?" Paige asked.
"Uh-huh, some of the kids and Miss Xander." Junior answered as he lay in Phoebe's arms.
"Ok, we have to get Leo to put that memory dust on them." Piper strongly suggested. " Leo!"
"Piper! Have you thought this through?" Phoebe worries. "What if the memory dust effect is stronger than it is suppose to be?"
"Phoebe! We had been dusted a couple of times and there wasn't much of a side effect." Piper argued.
"Well, I suppose so..." Phoebe agrees.
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I have decided to move Realization to Chapter 5, which I hope to be done by next week.