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Janelle
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"...Oh, dammit...can't sleep..." Janelle suddenly muttered under her breath from her place on her bed in her shared dorm room, breaking the silence inside. Yawning, looking up from her studies from her steady station over at their room's desk, her roommate, Danielle blinks a bit sleepily at her.
"Oh, sorry, Janelle...am I keeping you up?" Sitting up in her bed, kicking the sheets off to reveal the boxers and flannel shirt she always wore to bed every night, Janelle looked at her clock, which only read 11 o'clock before gazing at her friend.
"Oh...no, Danielle; you didn't wake me up...that would involve having been asleep in the FIRST place...I thought it'd be much later, but it's only been 20 minutes since I got into bed..."
"Yeah? Well, at least you COULD go to bed...meanwhile, your poor, sleep deprived roomie is suffering in this sucky chair, studying for this sucky test that, AS always, YOU never need to study for, and chowing down on this sucky food that's CLEARLY bad for my health...if I were still a freshie, I could call the 15 pounds I'll undoubtedly gain here that..." Danielle somberly states, yawning once again as she tiredly tucked a strand of her long red hair behind her ear, stretching. Smirking as she let out a tiny yawn herself, Janelle further mimicked her roommate's actions by stretching a little bit before getting out of her bed, searching for her running shoes and sweatshirt.
"Well, sounds like SOMEONE is having a fun time over there....PMS, anyone??"
"Ha ha ha...VERRRRRRRRY funny, J...so, I take it that you're about to head out for yet another jog? Ugh, you're giving we lazy people a bad name, man..." Danielle scoffed, tossing a crumpled piece of paper at her friend as she wrinkled her nose and forced a bit of mock laughter. Giggling, raising her arms up in defense, Janelle answered,
"You know me too well, Dani; can't sleep, so I might as well, right? Tell ya what, I'll make a pit stop at the campus deli for you, and pick up those double choco cookies and hot chocolate you like so much, ok?"
Giggling some more at her roommate's suddenly enthused expression before turning her attention back to her studies, Janelle waved goodbye as she closed the door behind her, heading down the familiar hall, numerous voices coming from the various closed doors on it. Reaching up to tie her hair back as she skipped down the stairs, choosing to take them instead of the elevator, Janelle hummed lightly to herself, suddenly feeling energized.
"Tonight had been at a pretty even temperature...perfect night for jogging..." Taking the side door out of the building, waving at a few friends who'd pass and enter the building, Janelle stopped to stretch her muscles out before beginning her jog. While doing so, she found herself beginning to reflect on what had happened to her earlier that night while at Rachel's party.
"...I STILL have no idea what had happened...how it had...but I can't believe I even FORGOT about it, if only for a short while...who COULD forget about assuming someone ELSE'S identity with no explanation as to HOW??"
"Dude, did you hear? Rachel and Charlie broke up!"
"Yeah! I heard it on the way out of the party! Something about him making out with SOME chick, and then lying about it when she caught him. Said he thought it was HER, man!"
"Right! Like ANY guy could mistake a hot babe like RACHEL for anyone else!"
Janelle suddenly stopped stretching as she listened in on the conversation of two random guys passing by, heading towards the cafeteria building. Placing a hand to her chest, her breathing becoming shallow as a faint panic begins to set in, she lightly shook her head, closing her brown eyes.
"...Oh, my God...I can't believe that all of that is spreading so fast!! I was SO hoping that it was just a dream..." Janelle thought to herself as she exhaled slowly, beginning to calm down as she opened her eyes, starting to jog away from campus and into the silent streets.
"Well, no...because, it's not like that...whatever that WAS, will ever happen again, so I've nothing to worry about!" Janelle allowed her nerves to completely settle and let loose as she got into her jog, all thoughts of her mysterious metamorphosis dissipating into the deeper crevices of her mind.
As she rounded a corner, a small crowd of people and blinking, red lights suddenly caught Janelle's eye. Slowing down to a well paced walk, wiping a few beads of sweat away from her lightly glistened forehead, she walked over to the nearest person to address her inquiry upon the given situation.
"...What's happened here? Car accident?"
"No...looks like someone got hit by that truck over there...I have no idea if the scenario is a severe one or not; though, of course, I hope not....poor girl..." A middle-aged man replied as he turned around, faintly shaking his head in a solemn manner.
"Girl?? Who is it that got hit?? And why do I get this sinking feeling like I know them...and that I am SUPPOSED to be here??" Janelle pondered, taking in the slightly alarming scene. Having no desire to wait any longer to find out, Janelle lightly pushed through the growing crowd, the knot in her stomach growing larger and tighter. As she made it to the clearing, Janelle's shiny eyes shakily rested upon the unconscious and strapped body of a young woman to the ambulance stretcher, her familiar medium brown locks resting lightly around her slightly scratched and marred creamy complexion. And even though her eyes were closed, Janelle knew that behind those closed lids they reflected that of hazel tints, which usually shined with determination and brightness, now momentarily shielded off to the world.
Feeling the knot grow tighter in her abdomen, Janelle's feet weakly carry her towards the still girl, whispering.
"...LIN..."
"Excuse me, miss! Do you know this young woman??" Janelle simply continued to stare at Lin's slumbering self, the feeling in her stomach growing quite strong and temporarily drowning out the medic's question.
"...Why do I feel this way? I don't even really KNOW nor CARE to know her...and yet, right now I feel...like I should be here..."
"Miss? Uh, miss??"
"Huh?? Oh, sorry! Yes..I, uh...yeah, I know her...her name is Lin; she goes to the same college that I do...a few blocks back down that way..." Picking up the stretcher with the help of another medic as the two of them hurriedly ushered Lin into the back of the ambulance, the first medic hastily suggested,
"Well, then, would you mind coming along with us? I know you probably know nothing about what happened here, but it'd help the police out if they could get any sort of statement. Plus, I'm pretty sure that it'd help your friend out if she awoke to see a familiar face later on..."
"Well, I, um...sure, all right..." Hesitating a moment before climbing into the back of the ambulance, Janelle finally did so, and took a place next to Lin and the other medic, who began to monitor her condition while the first medic quickly closed the door and rushed to the front of the vehicle, signaling for the driver to commence mobilization.
As the rushed ride to the hospital gradually drew a close, her eyes now closed and the vehicle rocking her back and forth, Janelle's mind rapidly tried to make sense of the current ongoings.
"WHAT is with tonight?? First, I pull a 'magic act' at Rachel's party, and NOW I find myself stuck in the back of an ambulance, going at lightning speed to the nearest hospital, carting the injured, unconscious body of a girl who can't STAND me...and yet, despite all of that...I can't shake the feeling that I'm truly MEANT to be here right now..."
---------An Hour Later, Down In The Cafeteria Of The Hospital----------
Sighing, rubbing her forehead in fatigue with one hand, Janelle carried the cup of hot chocolate she had just purchased in her other hand back to her seat, yawning lightly.
"...Man...it's been an hour, and she still hasn't woken up...which I don't get, because the doctors said that she was lucky that it was just a minor concussion...but, if that's just the case, then why can't I leave yet? It's not like I can do anything to help wake her up...Still...even an hour later, I have that unnerving feeling that I should stay put...MAN..." She thought tiredly to herself as a familiar voice suddenly breaking through those thoughts.
"...J..Janelle? Oh, my God, Janelle! You came! I was hoping you'd get my message, but I wasn't sure because you'd never called back!" Whirling around in her seat, Janelle raised her slightly glazed over brown eyes, riddled with exhaustion, and gazed into the eyes of the familiar set of dark brown eyes owned by a young, petitely sized woman. Janelle watched as the young girl nervously tucked back a strand of her loose, mid-back length dark brown hair with two blonde streaks grazing the front, her face riddled with worry and a faint, crooked smile plastered across her face.
"...Oh.....um...hey, Liza..." Continuing to smile lightly at her, the younger girl moved from her spot to sit down in a seat across from Janelle, a tiny bandage spread across the upper corner of her forehead and a steaming cup of tea clutched tightly in both hands.
"Geez...what happened to YOU??" Liza smiled gingerly as she slowly took a sip of her tea, responding.
"...You wouldn't believe me if I told you...I'm just so glad to see a familiar face here...thank you for coming..." Janelle felt a faint blush play across her cheeks as a tinge of guilt grew from within the pit of her stomach at this statement.
"Yeah...well, I'm sorry to break it to you, Liza, but I never got any message from you to come here; I'd gone out for my nightly jog after coming back from Rachel's party when I saw that LIN had gotten into an accident..and SOMEhow or another, here I am....an hour later...what HAPPENED to you, though?"
Setting down her cup, keeping her hands wrapped securely around it to further warm her hands, Liza looked down, blushing at the question, trying to figure out how to explain it to the older girl without being deemed insane.
"How DO you tell someone, 'Oh, hey! I'M here because I accidentally knocked out a new friend while momentarily LEVITATING!' without them either laughing at you, OR running off to get someone to lock you up? Well, at least, ironically I'm in the most 'fitting' place..." Liza thought somberly to herself before responding.
"Oh! I, uh...well...I was at the mall, doing some shopping and hanging out with a new friend, when..." Liza trailed off, blushing a bit more as she looked up at Janelle, who curiously arched an eyebrow and nodded slowly before taking a sip of her chocolate.
"...When??"
"Well...when we sorta got into...a really bizarre accident....but, thankfully Carter, my friend, is going to be all right, though..." Liza finished, giggling nervously as she cleared her throat. Janelle, however, only slowly nodded in agreement, though for some strange reason her mind only focused upon the word "bizarre."
"Hmm...bizarre..."
"E-excuse me??"
"...I wonder...no...though, suddenly that same feeling is growing stronger as soon as she came..." Janelle thought curiously to herself as she suddenly stood up, taking the last sip of her beverage, faintly nodding to the perplexed Liza, exhaling.
"Yes, well...I guess maybe I should go back upstairs to check on Lin one more time before leaving then...good luck with your friend, Liza..."
"Well, wait! I'll come with you! Carter's been long since sedated for the night, and I really don't want to be left alone right now...so, thank you for being here...even IF you didn't get my message..." Liza gushed as she abruptly rose from her seat with haste, tossing her tea into the nearby trash, chasing after the older girl.
"Sure, Liza...you're welcome...I guess..."
As the two girls made their way out of the cafeteria and into the first elevator that opened up for them, Janelle's senses suddenly became heightened as she and Liza stepped into the empty carrier. Narrowing her eyes, Janelle looked at the shorter girl, who looked straight ahead, wrapping her arms around herself.
"...What's going on...?" As if in response, Janelle's chocolate colored eyes landed upon a mysterious looking pendant in the corner of the elevator. It carried a weird, tri-shaped symbol decorating the bottom, the colors of blue, pink, and red resonating upon it. Bending over to pick it up, Janelle's senses reached their peak as her finger lightly grazed the black tiny sphere at the center of the symbol.
"Hey, what's that? Ohh...it's growing so hot! And making me feel so...I dunno! But...is it ME, or does it look sort of..."
"....Familiar...." Janelle lightly murmured in response as she continued to stare down at the pendant, a bit mesmerized. As the elevator door opened to the floor that their fellow college mate was being monitored, the two girls stepped out and headed down the hall, Janelle put the pendant into her pocket without even realizing.
"...Janelle...um...it IS probably just me, but...does...well, to ME, this night...just has seemed sort of...I dunno...STRANGE...and then...right NOW, the elevator ride, and heading down to see Lin..I don't know..but I sort of have this strong feeling that keeps growing...ever since I got here and saw you..." Liza finished as Janelle stopped short, reaching out to open the door of Lin's hospital room. Slowly turning, she gazed a bit intensely at the younger girl, thinking first to herself before responding.
"...So I'm NOT the only one to feel that way...I wonder what it means..." Clearing her throat, Janelle sighs lightly, not really sure how to reply.
"Well, I don't know, Liza; maybe you're just tired or something..."
Turning back towards the door, Janelle pushed it open, motioning for Liza to follow as her thoughts still plagued her.
"I don't want to say anything just yet...just in case it's a different feeling she's experiencing...LAST thing I need is to be revered as the 'Insane Junior,' in ADDITION to the 'Genius Junior' on campus..."
"Right...and yeah, maybe I AM just really tired..." Liza lightly concurred as the two girls entered the room, receiving clearance from the nurse who was inside to check on Lin before leaving them, taking either side of the still slumbering girl, though looking much better from the last time Janelle had seen her. The color had gradually begun to return to Lin's cheeks, she noticed.
"Oh...she looks so...so PEACEFUL..don't you think? Sort of ironic though, you know? Well, I mean..considering the given circumstances..." Janelle nodded lightly at Liza's observation, distracted by the overwhelming sensation that was beginning to take over her, starting from her toes and rapidly rising.
"...Something's about to happen...I don't know how or why I know that..but I can feel it..." She thought with severe caution, raising a hand to her cheek.
"Well, I guess we should go now, Janelle; take care, Li--"
"Yeah, lat--" Janelle and Liza suddenly stop themselves short as they both simultaneously rest a hand upon each of Lin's, her eyes suddenly snapping open as the growing sensation from deep within Janelle overtook she and apparently Liza as well. Without warning, the two of them collapsed to the ground, a mysterious yet peaceful looking white light appears and cascades over them, the pendant from inside Janelle's pocket beginning to vibrate and glow unbeknownst to her, the colors on it leaving and momentarily hovering into the air before separating and charging themselves towards and into each girl accordingly. The pink stream of light overtook Lin, while the red light established itself into Liza, and the blue aurora at last settling into Janelle's own body. Each girl's body began to resonate with their respected colors a moment before finally dissipating, the feeling being too strong and overburdening for any of them to remain conscious. Janelle could feel herself falling backwards and towards the floor,
eyes closing as if in slow motion, however not before hearing a heavenly and whimsical voice playing in the air.
"...At long last...the Power of Three has been reawakened...the Charmed Ones are reborn...and three...have become one..."
A.N. From D of DBL3: Sorry to everyone for the huge lapse in time of updates!! All three of us, B, L, and I have been extremely busy with school, work, and life in general. Sorry!!! ^_^ No worries though! B and I are currently on our Spring Break, so we actually CAN update hopefully more than once this week. Yay! And thank you for continuing to read this great (WE think, at least hehe) fanfic, and leaving reviews! NOW, onto (finally hehe) episode 2!! Woo! ^_~
Janelle
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"...Oh, dammit...can't sleep..." Janelle suddenly muttered under her breath from her place on her bed in her shared dorm room, breaking the silence inside. Yawning, looking up from her studies from her steady station over at their room's desk, her roommate, Danielle blinks a bit sleepily at her.
"Oh, sorry, Janelle...am I keeping you up?" Sitting up in her bed, kicking the sheets off to reveal the boxers and flannel shirt she always wore to bed every night, Janelle looked at her clock, which only read 11 o'clock before gazing at her friend.
"Oh...no, Danielle; you didn't wake me up...that would involve having been asleep in the FIRST place...I thought it'd be much later, but it's only been 20 minutes since I got into bed..."
"Yeah? Well, at least you COULD go to bed...meanwhile, your poor, sleep deprived roomie is suffering in this sucky chair, studying for this sucky test that, AS always, YOU never need to study for, and chowing down on this sucky food that's CLEARLY bad for my health...if I were still a freshie, I could call the 15 pounds I'll undoubtedly gain here that..." Danielle somberly states, yawning once again as she tiredly tucked a strand of her long red hair behind her ear, stretching. Smirking as she let out a tiny yawn herself, Janelle further mimicked her roommate's actions by stretching a little bit before getting out of her bed, searching for her running shoes and sweatshirt.
"Well, sounds like SOMEONE is having a fun time over there....PMS, anyone??"
"Ha ha ha...VERRRRRRRRY funny, J...so, I take it that you're about to head out for yet another jog? Ugh, you're giving we lazy people a bad name, man..." Danielle scoffed, tossing a crumpled piece of paper at her friend as she wrinkled her nose and forced a bit of mock laughter. Giggling, raising her arms up in defense, Janelle answered,
"You know me too well, Dani; can't sleep, so I might as well, right? Tell ya what, I'll make a pit stop at the campus deli for you, and pick up those double choco cookies and hot chocolate you like so much, ok?"
Giggling some more at her roommate's suddenly enthused expression before turning her attention back to her studies, Janelle waved goodbye as she closed the door behind her, heading down the familiar hall, numerous voices coming from the various closed doors on it. Reaching up to tie her hair back as she skipped down the stairs, choosing to take them instead of the elevator, Janelle hummed lightly to herself, suddenly feeling energized.
"Tonight had been at a pretty even temperature...perfect night for jogging..." Taking the side door out of the building, waving at a few friends who'd pass and enter the building, Janelle stopped to stretch her muscles out before beginning her jog. While doing so, she found herself beginning to reflect on what had happened to her earlier that night while at Rachel's party.
"...I STILL have no idea what had happened...how it had...but I can't believe I even FORGOT about it, if only for a short while...who COULD forget about assuming someone ELSE'S identity with no explanation as to HOW??"
"Dude, did you hear? Rachel and Charlie broke up!"
"Yeah! I heard it on the way out of the party! Something about him making out with SOME chick, and then lying about it when she caught him. Said he thought it was HER, man!"
"Right! Like ANY guy could mistake a hot babe like RACHEL for anyone else!"
Janelle suddenly stopped stretching as she listened in on the conversation of two random guys passing by, heading towards the cafeteria building. Placing a hand to her chest, her breathing becoming shallow as a faint panic begins to set in, she lightly shook her head, closing her brown eyes.
"...Oh, my God...I can't believe that all of that is spreading so fast!! I was SO hoping that it was just a dream..." Janelle thought to herself as she exhaled slowly, beginning to calm down as she opened her eyes, starting to jog away from campus and into the silent streets.
"Well, no...because, it's not like that...whatever that WAS, will ever happen again, so I've nothing to worry about!" Janelle allowed her nerves to completely settle and let loose as she got into her jog, all thoughts of her mysterious metamorphosis dissipating into the deeper crevices of her mind.
As she rounded a corner, a small crowd of people and blinking, red lights suddenly caught Janelle's eye. Slowing down to a well paced walk, wiping a few beads of sweat away from her lightly glistened forehead, she walked over to the nearest person to address her inquiry upon the given situation.
"...What's happened here? Car accident?"
"No...looks like someone got hit by that truck over there...I have no idea if the scenario is a severe one or not; though, of course, I hope not....poor girl..." A middle-aged man replied as he turned around, faintly shaking his head in a solemn manner.
"Girl?? Who is it that got hit?? And why do I get this sinking feeling like I know them...and that I am SUPPOSED to be here??" Janelle pondered, taking in the slightly alarming scene. Having no desire to wait any longer to find out, Janelle lightly pushed through the growing crowd, the knot in her stomach growing larger and tighter. As she made it to the clearing, Janelle's shiny eyes shakily rested upon the unconscious and strapped body of a young woman to the ambulance stretcher, her familiar medium brown locks resting lightly around her slightly scratched and marred creamy complexion. And even though her eyes were closed, Janelle knew that behind those closed lids they reflected that of hazel tints, which usually shined with determination and brightness, now momentarily shielded off to the world.
Feeling the knot grow tighter in her abdomen, Janelle's feet weakly carry her towards the still girl, whispering.
"...LIN..."
"Excuse me, miss! Do you know this young woman??" Janelle simply continued to stare at Lin's slumbering self, the feeling in her stomach growing quite strong and temporarily drowning out the medic's question.
"...Why do I feel this way? I don't even really KNOW nor CARE to know her...and yet, right now I feel...like I should be here..."
"Miss? Uh, miss??"
"Huh?? Oh, sorry! Yes..I, uh...yeah, I know her...her name is Lin; she goes to the same college that I do...a few blocks back down that way..." Picking up the stretcher with the help of another medic as the two of them hurriedly ushered Lin into the back of the ambulance, the first medic hastily suggested,
"Well, then, would you mind coming along with us? I know you probably know nothing about what happened here, but it'd help the police out if they could get any sort of statement. Plus, I'm pretty sure that it'd help your friend out if she awoke to see a familiar face later on..."
"Well, I, um...sure, all right..." Hesitating a moment before climbing into the back of the ambulance, Janelle finally did so, and took a place next to Lin and the other medic, who began to monitor her condition while the first medic quickly closed the door and rushed to the front of the vehicle, signaling for the driver to commence mobilization.
As the rushed ride to the hospital gradually drew a close, her eyes now closed and the vehicle rocking her back and forth, Janelle's mind rapidly tried to make sense of the current ongoings.
"WHAT is with tonight?? First, I pull a 'magic act' at Rachel's party, and NOW I find myself stuck in the back of an ambulance, going at lightning speed to the nearest hospital, carting the injured, unconscious body of a girl who can't STAND me...and yet, despite all of that...I can't shake the feeling that I'm truly MEANT to be here right now..."
---------An Hour Later, Down In The Cafeteria Of The Hospital----------
Sighing, rubbing her forehead in fatigue with one hand, Janelle carried the cup of hot chocolate she had just purchased in her other hand back to her seat, yawning lightly.
"...Man...it's been an hour, and she still hasn't woken up...which I don't get, because the doctors said that she was lucky that it was just a minor concussion...but, if that's just the case, then why can't I leave yet? It's not like I can do anything to help wake her up...Still...even an hour later, I have that unnerving feeling that I should stay put...MAN..." She thought tiredly to herself as a familiar voice suddenly breaking through those thoughts.
"...J..Janelle? Oh, my God, Janelle! You came! I was hoping you'd get my message, but I wasn't sure because you'd never called back!" Whirling around in her seat, Janelle raised her slightly glazed over brown eyes, riddled with exhaustion, and gazed into the eyes of the familiar set of dark brown eyes owned by a young, petitely sized woman. Janelle watched as the young girl nervously tucked back a strand of her loose, mid-back length dark brown hair with two blonde streaks grazing the front, her face riddled with worry and a faint, crooked smile plastered across her face.
"...Oh.....um...hey, Liza..." Continuing to smile lightly at her, the younger girl moved from her spot to sit down in a seat across from Janelle, a tiny bandage spread across the upper corner of her forehead and a steaming cup of tea clutched tightly in both hands.
"Geez...what happened to YOU??" Liza smiled gingerly as she slowly took a sip of her tea, responding.
"...You wouldn't believe me if I told you...I'm just so glad to see a familiar face here...thank you for coming..." Janelle felt a faint blush play across her cheeks as a tinge of guilt grew from within the pit of her stomach at this statement.
"Yeah...well, I'm sorry to break it to you, Liza, but I never got any message from you to come here; I'd gone out for my nightly jog after coming back from Rachel's party when I saw that LIN had gotten into an accident..and SOMEhow or another, here I am....an hour later...what HAPPENED to you, though?"
Setting down her cup, keeping her hands wrapped securely around it to further warm her hands, Liza looked down, blushing at the question, trying to figure out how to explain it to the older girl without being deemed insane.
"How DO you tell someone, 'Oh, hey! I'M here because I accidentally knocked out a new friend while momentarily LEVITATING!' without them either laughing at you, OR running off to get someone to lock you up? Well, at least, ironically I'm in the most 'fitting' place..." Liza thought somberly to herself before responding.
"Oh! I, uh...well...I was at the mall, doing some shopping and hanging out with a new friend, when..." Liza trailed off, blushing a bit more as she looked up at Janelle, who curiously arched an eyebrow and nodded slowly before taking a sip of her chocolate.
"...When??"
"Well...when we sorta got into...a really bizarre accident....but, thankfully Carter, my friend, is going to be all right, though..." Liza finished, giggling nervously as she cleared her throat. Janelle, however, only slowly nodded in agreement, though for some strange reason her mind only focused upon the word "bizarre."
"Hmm...bizarre..."
"E-excuse me??"
"...I wonder...no...though, suddenly that same feeling is growing stronger as soon as she came..." Janelle thought curiously to herself as she suddenly stood up, taking the last sip of her beverage, faintly nodding to the perplexed Liza, exhaling.
"Yes, well...I guess maybe I should go back upstairs to check on Lin one more time before leaving then...good luck with your friend, Liza..."
"Well, wait! I'll come with you! Carter's been long since sedated for the night, and I really don't want to be left alone right now...so, thank you for being here...even IF you didn't get my message..." Liza gushed as she abruptly rose from her seat with haste, tossing her tea into the nearby trash, chasing after the older girl.
"Sure, Liza...you're welcome...I guess..."
As the two girls made their way out of the cafeteria and into the first elevator that opened up for them, Janelle's senses suddenly became heightened as she and Liza stepped into the empty carrier. Narrowing her eyes, Janelle looked at the shorter girl, who looked straight ahead, wrapping her arms around herself.
"...What's going on...?" As if in response, Janelle's chocolate colored eyes landed upon a mysterious looking pendant in the corner of the elevator. It carried a weird, tri-shaped symbol decorating the bottom, the colors of blue, pink, and red resonating upon it. Bending over to pick it up, Janelle's senses reached their peak as her finger lightly grazed the black tiny sphere at the center of the symbol.
"Hey, what's that? Ohh...it's growing so hot! And making me feel so...I dunno! But...is it ME, or does it look sort of..."
"....Familiar...." Janelle lightly murmured in response as she continued to stare down at the pendant, a bit mesmerized. As the elevator door opened to the floor that their fellow college mate was being monitored, the two girls stepped out and headed down the hall, Janelle put the pendant into her pocket without even realizing.
"...Janelle...um...it IS probably just me, but...does...well, to ME, this night...just has seemed sort of...I dunno...STRANGE...and then...right NOW, the elevator ride, and heading down to see Lin..I don't know..but I sort of have this strong feeling that keeps growing...ever since I got here and saw you..." Liza finished as Janelle stopped short, reaching out to open the door of Lin's hospital room. Slowly turning, she gazed a bit intensely at the younger girl, thinking first to herself before responding.
"...So I'm NOT the only one to feel that way...I wonder what it means..." Clearing her throat, Janelle sighs lightly, not really sure how to reply.
"Well, I don't know, Liza; maybe you're just tired or something..."
Turning back towards the door, Janelle pushed it open, motioning for Liza to follow as her thoughts still plagued her.
"I don't want to say anything just yet...just in case it's a different feeling she's experiencing...LAST thing I need is to be revered as the 'Insane Junior,' in ADDITION to the 'Genius Junior' on campus..."
"Right...and yeah, maybe I AM just really tired..." Liza lightly concurred as the two girls entered the room, receiving clearance from the nurse who was inside to check on Lin before leaving them, taking either side of the still slumbering girl, though looking much better from the last time Janelle had seen her. The color had gradually begun to return to Lin's cheeks, she noticed.
"Oh...she looks so...so PEACEFUL..don't you think? Sort of ironic though, you know? Well, I mean..considering the given circumstances..." Janelle nodded lightly at Liza's observation, distracted by the overwhelming sensation that was beginning to take over her, starting from her toes and rapidly rising.
"...Something's about to happen...I don't know how or why I know that..but I can feel it..." She thought with severe caution, raising a hand to her cheek.
"Well, I guess we should go now, Janelle; take care, Li--"
"Yeah, lat--" Janelle and Liza suddenly stop themselves short as they both simultaneously rest a hand upon each of Lin's, her eyes suddenly snapping open as the growing sensation from deep within Janelle overtook she and apparently Liza as well. Without warning, the two of them collapsed to the ground, a mysterious yet peaceful looking white light appears and cascades over them, the pendant from inside Janelle's pocket beginning to vibrate and glow unbeknownst to her, the colors on it leaving and momentarily hovering into the air before separating and charging themselves towards and into each girl accordingly. The pink stream of light overtook Lin, while the red light established itself into Liza, and the blue aurora at last settling into Janelle's own body. Each girl's body began to resonate with their respected colors a moment before finally dissipating, the feeling being too strong and overburdening for any of them to remain conscious. Janelle could feel herself falling backwards and towards the floor,
eyes closing as if in slow motion, however not before hearing a heavenly and whimsical voice playing in the air.
"...At long last...the Power of Three has been reawakened...the Charmed Ones are reborn...and three...have become one..."
A.N. From D of DBL3: Sorry to everyone for the huge lapse in time of updates!! All three of us, B, L, and I have been extremely busy with school, work, and life in general. Sorry!!! ^_^ No worries though! B and I are currently on our Spring Break, so we actually CAN update hopefully more than once this week. Yay! And thank you for continuing to read this great (WE think, at least hehe) fanfic, and leaving reviews! NOW, onto (finally hehe) episode 2!! Woo! ^_~