Author's Note: Last chapter was a very emotional chapter, I know. But I
just couldn't sleep until I finished it. I hate it when my brain is buzzing
with ideas when I'm trying to go to sleep. That's when I get a lot of my
ideas for my story, strangely enough. I better stop rambling like this or
I'll never get this chapter done.
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Lizzie is still crying in Ryan's arms. She doesn't want to let go, but she knows she'll have to. She knows she'll have to help her mom, aunts, brother, and cousins figure out why good magic is down. But for now, she sits on the sofa in the arms of the man she loves.
Piper and Phoebe were standing in the kitchen, watching the couple.
"I look a them and I see Leo and I twenty-some years ago."
"You know, she's a lot like you were."
"I know, that's what scares me."
Piper tugs Phoebe's elbow.
"Come on, let's leave them alone."
"Oh, I..."
"Phoebe, did you ever want Grams to watch you with your boyfriends?"
"No, but they look so cute!"
"Phoebe,"
"Ok, I just wish my daughter had a nice guy like Ryan."
"Yea, but did you want a nice guy when you were her age?"
"Would you stop with the questions!"
"Don't deny it, your daughter is as much like you as Lizzie is like me."
"It's a curse."
"Yea, Prue and I are like Mom, and you and Paige are more like Grams."
"Just think, in about twenty or thirty years, our girls will realize they're like us."
"I pity them."
They both start to chuckle as they walk back into the kitchen. Risa puts her hands on her hips.
"What's so funny?"
Phoebe and Piper laugh even more and motion Paige to come towards them. Piper whispers in Paige's ear.
"Your daughter is a lot like you."
"I know. I was the one having to deal with her drinking and smoking when she was a teenager. She's as stubborn as..."
"As you!"
"Well, yea! Those mood swings! I felt sorry for my parents! My adopted ones, that is. They had to put up with me. I was probably worse than she was. And sometimes she just..."
"Paige, you're rambling."
"Sorry."
"Another trait of the Halliwell line that our daughters have inherited."
"Sad, isn't it?"
"Are the potions done yet?"
"I don't know. Chris, are the potions done yet?"
"Almost, Aunt Paige. They just needs to sit for a couple of minutes and then we can bottle them."
Phoebe looked at her watch.
"Wow, it's almost midnight!"
Piper grabbed Phoebe's wrist and looked at the watch.
"One minute until..."
Phoebe snatched her wrist back.
"Until what? What are you thinking."
Piper stared at the ceiling.
"Is that it Leo? That's why you were trapped up there? And Wyatt too?"
Everyone could hear a jingle. Chris opened his mouth to translate it, but Piper put her hand up, motioning him not to.
Phoebe and Paige were getting impatient.
"Piper, what the Hell did you figure out?"
Piper turned her attention back to her sisters.
"Paige, when did you figure out your powers weren't working?"
"When I woke up, and I tried to orb into the bathroom, so I didn't wake Richard up."
"As soon as you woke up?"
"Yea, what are you getting to, Piper?"
"This thing only lasts twenty-four hours! The warlocks and dark-lighters must have figured out some way to stop good magic for only one day!"
"But how?"
Piper walked out the back door and looked into the night sky. Everyone followed, except for Chris, who had to tend to the potion. Piper pointed to three bright blue stars, which were all aligned.
"Now when have you ever seen that before?"
Phoebe gazed at the stars.
"Thirty years ago. People were making a big deal about it because a comet was to be seen that night, too. But nothing happened, at least I don't think it did."
"This happened last just before we got our powers."
Phoebe looked at her watch.
"Ten seconds, let's get back in the house."
Everyone got back in the house just in time to see the chandeliers shaking and turning blue.
Risa held out her hand.
"Potion!"
A vial filled with the black potion orbed into Risa's hand. She threw it up into the air and Piper froze it. Chris flicked his wrist and moved it back to the counter, unharmed.
"It took me three hours to make that potion and I'll be damned if you guys are going to play with it!"
Risa pouted her lower lip and started talking in a baby voice.
"Sorry, Mr. Chris, sir. We were just having a little fun now that we've got our powers back"
Leo and Wyatt orb in.
"Is everything ok?"
Piper walks up to Leo, throws her arms around him, and gives him a kiss.
"Yup. Everything's just fine."
Wyatt looks around.
"Where's Lizzie?"
Piper breaks away from Leo and looks into the conservatory, where she sees Lizzie and Ryan asleep on the sofa. She turns to Paige and Paige nods her head.
"Blanket."
A blanket orbs into Paige's hands and she hands it to Piper. Piper walks into the conservatory and spreads the blanket over Lizzie and Ryan. She walks back into the kitchen and finds Phoebe filling Wyatt and Leo in on what has happened.
"... and then she healed him."
Leo sees Piper and puts his arm around her shoulder.
"So she has a white-lighter's power after all."
"I don't think so, I think it was just a 'I love him so much I need to develop this power just to save him this one time' kind of thing. I don't think it's permanent."
Chris and Wyatt say goodbye and head upstairs to go to bed. Everyone else leaves. Piper and Leo stay in the kitchen.
"You want anything to eat?"
"Umm, sure. What do we have?"
Piper looks in the fridge and looks back up at Leo.
"Nothing, but I can make something, what would you like?"
"Surprise me."
She pulls out what she needs to make a couple of sandwiches.
"So, she really didn't know she was half white-lighter?"
"Totally oblivious."
"Kind of like someone else I know."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
Leo glances into the conservatory.
"There's a particular reason why the Elders made Lizzie Ryan's charge."
Piper brings over the two sandwiches she has made and sits down next to Leo.
"And what would that be?"
Piper gives Leo a sandwich and he takes a bite out of it.
"You're not going to tell me, are you?
Leo shakes his head.
"I hate it when you do that."
Leo swallows the bite and gives Piper a playful smile. She glares at him and takes a bite out of her sandwich.
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Lizzie is still crying in Ryan's arms. She doesn't want to let go, but she knows she'll have to. She knows she'll have to help her mom, aunts, brother, and cousins figure out why good magic is down. But for now, she sits on the sofa in the arms of the man she loves.
Piper and Phoebe were standing in the kitchen, watching the couple.
"I look a them and I see Leo and I twenty-some years ago."
"You know, she's a lot like you were."
"I know, that's what scares me."
Piper tugs Phoebe's elbow.
"Come on, let's leave them alone."
"Oh, I..."
"Phoebe, did you ever want Grams to watch you with your boyfriends?"
"No, but they look so cute!"
"Phoebe,"
"Ok, I just wish my daughter had a nice guy like Ryan."
"Yea, but did you want a nice guy when you were her age?"
"Would you stop with the questions!"
"Don't deny it, your daughter is as much like you as Lizzie is like me."
"It's a curse."
"Yea, Prue and I are like Mom, and you and Paige are more like Grams."
"Just think, in about twenty or thirty years, our girls will realize they're like us."
"I pity them."
They both start to chuckle as they walk back into the kitchen. Risa puts her hands on her hips.
"What's so funny?"
Phoebe and Piper laugh even more and motion Paige to come towards them. Piper whispers in Paige's ear.
"Your daughter is a lot like you."
"I know. I was the one having to deal with her drinking and smoking when she was a teenager. She's as stubborn as..."
"As you!"
"Well, yea! Those mood swings! I felt sorry for my parents! My adopted ones, that is. They had to put up with me. I was probably worse than she was. And sometimes she just..."
"Paige, you're rambling."
"Sorry."
"Another trait of the Halliwell line that our daughters have inherited."
"Sad, isn't it?"
"Are the potions done yet?"
"I don't know. Chris, are the potions done yet?"
"Almost, Aunt Paige. They just needs to sit for a couple of minutes and then we can bottle them."
Phoebe looked at her watch.
"Wow, it's almost midnight!"
Piper grabbed Phoebe's wrist and looked at the watch.
"One minute until..."
Phoebe snatched her wrist back.
"Until what? What are you thinking."
Piper stared at the ceiling.
"Is that it Leo? That's why you were trapped up there? And Wyatt too?"
Everyone could hear a jingle. Chris opened his mouth to translate it, but Piper put her hand up, motioning him not to.
Phoebe and Paige were getting impatient.
"Piper, what the Hell did you figure out?"
Piper turned her attention back to her sisters.
"Paige, when did you figure out your powers weren't working?"
"When I woke up, and I tried to orb into the bathroom, so I didn't wake Richard up."
"As soon as you woke up?"
"Yea, what are you getting to, Piper?"
"This thing only lasts twenty-four hours! The warlocks and dark-lighters must have figured out some way to stop good magic for only one day!"
"But how?"
Piper walked out the back door and looked into the night sky. Everyone followed, except for Chris, who had to tend to the potion. Piper pointed to three bright blue stars, which were all aligned.
"Now when have you ever seen that before?"
Phoebe gazed at the stars.
"Thirty years ago. People were making a big deal about it because a comet was to be seen that night, too. But nothing happened, at least I don't think it did."
"This happened last just before we got our powers."
Phoebe looked at her watch.
"Ten seconds, let's get back in the house."
Everyone got back in the house just in time to see the chandeliers shaking and turning blue.
Risa held out her hand.
"Potion!"
A vial filled with the black potion orbed into Risa's hand. She threw it up into the air and Piper froze it. Chris flicked his wrist and moved it back to the counter, unharmed.
"It took me three hours to make that potion and I'll be damned if you guys are going to play with it!"
Risa pouted her lower lip and started talking in a baby voice.
"Sorry, Mr. Chris, sir. We were just having a little fun now that we've got our powers back"
Leo and Wyatt orb in.
"Is everything ok?"
Piper walks up to Leo, throws her arms around him, and gives him a kiss.
"Yup. Everything's just fine."
Wyatt looks around.
"Where's Lizzie?"
Piper breaks away from Leo and looks into the conservatory, where she sees Lizzie and Ryan asleep on the sofa. She turns to Paige and Paige nods her head.
"Blanket."
A blanket orbs into Paige's hands and she hands it to Piper. Piper walks into the conservatory and spreads the blanket over Lizzie and Ryan. She walks back into the kitchen and finds Phoebe filling Wyatt and Leo in on what has happened.
"... and then she healed him."
Leo sees Piper and puts his arm around her shoulder.
"So she has a white-lighter's power after all."
"I don't think so, I think it was just a 'I love him so much I need to develop this power just to save him this one time' kind of thing. I don't think it's permanent."
Chris and Wyatt say goodbye and head upstairs to go to bed. Everyone else leaves. Piper and Leo stay in the kitchen.
"You want anything to eat?"
"Umm, sure. What do we have?"
Piper looks in the fridge and looks back up at Leo.
"Nothing, but I can make something, what would you like?"
"Surprise me."
She pulls out what she needs to make a couple of sandwiches.
"So, she really didn't know she was half white-lighter?"
"Totally oblivious."
"Kind of like someone else I know."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
Leo glances into the conservatory.
"There's a particular reason why the Elders made Lizzie Ryan's charge."
Piper brings over the two sandwiches she has made and sits down next to Leo.
"And what would that be?"
Piper gives Leo a sandwich and he takes a bite out of it.
"You're not going to tell me, are you?
Leo shakes his head.
"I hate it when you do that."
Leo swallows the bite and gives Piper a playful smile. She glares at him and takes a bite out of her sandwich.