NOTE TO READERS: Wow I've been slacking on the updating chapters here. Well very sorry for the delay, here is a fresh chapter for you all, hope you guys like. . Comments and suggestions as always. Thanks.
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Fred left the office, she sighed. What was she doing? She should be back
home in Los Angles, she really missed the gang, especially Wesley, but she couldn't
turn back now, not when she made it all so important for her to be independent.
"Abo-sla-tively."
Fred grinned, and then frowned as she glanced at her watch. It was only four
o'clock and she had a whole day of nothing to do. She walked down the parking lot,
glancing at her reflection in the car windows. Suddenly she heard a door open, and
Phoebe Halliwell exited from the news building. She looked rushed.
Thinking it best not to be seen, Fred hid behind a Volvo, and watched steadily
as Phoebe pulled out her car keys. "What am I doing spying on her? It's like I've
turned into a Watcher, Wesley would be proud." Fred smiled to her self and kept
watching as Phoebe pulled out of the parking lot in a red convertible. She stood up
from her place and wondered to herself. Just then she heard a noise and right
behind her she felt a movement. But before she could turn around, a hand wrapped
itself around her mouth. She tried to struggled free, but she was held tightly.
"Shh, Fred, it's me, it's Wesley," said a man's voice.
Fred turned around and gasped, she looked into Wesley's dark blue eyes and
nearly cried. She wrapped her arms around him and sighed smelling his light musky
scent.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I'm here on...Watcher business." Fred noticed his face looked grim, this was
something serious.
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When Phoebe reached the house, her nerves were taut. She had just
received an urgent call from Piper. Something was wrong, but they wouldn't tell her
what until she got home. "This had better be good," thought Phoebe opening the
front door of the house; she had a ton of work to do, and an article due tomorrow.
In the living room she found Piper and Leo sitting together on the couch.
Paige and Chris were over by the crib looking at Wyatt. Placing down her bag,
Phoebe looked at everyone and put both hands on her hips.
"Anyone, mind telling me what's going on?" asked Phoebe, her lips pursed.
Paige and Chris looked up and both gave each other an uncertain look. Leo
stood up and smiled weakly.
"Well there's a situation," said Leo hesitantly.
Phoebe noticed his blood stained shirt and his mud flecked hair. "What
happened?"
"I-I'm no longer an elder."
Paige and Chris both looked appalled. "What, how?" cried Chris.
"They must have made a mistake," said Paige, her full red lips set.
"Leo is this true?" asked Piper whose voice was calm.
Leo turned to look at Piper, his light hazel eyes looked so tranquil, it was hard
not to believe him. "Yes it's true." Leo nodded.
Piper shifted her eyes away and stared into the empty fireplace.
"So, how did this happen?" asked Phoebe.
"I was just coming down here to see Piper, and when I went to the magic
school I was attacked...I had to defend myself. They stripped me of my title because
I killed someone," answered Leo, his voice shaky.
"You still have your powers?" asked Chris his brows knitted.
"Yeah, I'm still a white lighter," Leo replied though skeptical.
Chris nodded in relief, and turned around to check on Wyatt. Paige headed
over to Piper and sat down.
"Did you see these creatures?" asked Phoebe.
"They looked human to me, but they could have been any demons in
disguised. I just remember when I stabbed one of them they bled, but strangely he
didn't disappear, the other guy had to drag him away."
"Wait you're telling me that this all happened in front of the magic school?"
said Paige. "And no one saw?"
"Yeah," said Leo, suddenly realizing the ironic turn out. "You think Gideon
knows something?"
"Yeah," replied Paige. "Tell me when did this happen?"
"Around noon," said Leo. "Why?"
"Chris what time were you in the library?" asked Paige, "I got there around
two o'clock and you were still there."
"I-I was there around eleven, why?" said Chris his eye brows arching.
"Strange, just that Leo said the body was dragged, so there should have been
blood at the scene, but if you were there at eleven, then you should have heard
something. I think we should visit the magic school and find out what happened."
"Yeah," said Phoebe. "Paige and me will go, the rest of you find out anything
you can about the demons in the Book of Shadows, Piper we need you to stay with
Wyatt."
"But I don't think you two should go alone, not when the demons attacked at
the magic school, they might know something we don't know," said Piper standing
up.
"We don't have time, we can protect ourselves, we've dealt with bigger
demons than these, there's no problem," said Phoebe.
Piper still felt unsure, but she let it go, and went over to Wyatt. Leo and
Chris headed upstairs to find out something in the Book of Shadows, while Phoebe
and Paige left the house.
Phoebe pulled out her keys and was about to open her car door, when she
noticed a blue car sitting on the corner, and inside sat two figures. She had a
suspicious feeling she recognized the girl on the passenger side, but she was
interrupted by Paige urging her to hurry. They sped out of the drive and headed
towards the magic school, unaware that something blue followed a few feet behind.
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Fred left the office, she sighed. What was she doing? She should be back
home in Los Angles, she really missed the gang, especially Wesley, but she couldn't
turn back now, not when she made it all so important for her to be independent.
"Abo-sla-tively."
Fred grinned, and then frowned as she glanced at her watch. It was only four
o'clock and she had a whole day of nothing to do. She walked down the parking lot,
glancing at her reflection in the car windows. Suddenly she heard a door open, and
Phoebe Halliwell exited from the news building. She looked rushed.
Thinking it best not to be seen, Fred hid behind a Volvo, and watched steadily
as Phoebe pulled out her car keys. "What am I doing spying on her? It's like I've
turned into a Watcher, Wesley would be proud." Fred smiled to her self and kept
watching as Phoebe pulled out of the parking lot in a red convertible. She stood up
from her place and wondered to herself. Just then she heard a noise and right
behind her she felt a movement. But before she could turn around, a hand wrapped
itself around her mouth. She tried to struggled free, but she was held tightly.
"Shh, Fred, it's me, it's Wesley," said a man's voice.
Fred turned around and gasped, she looked into Wesley's dark blue eyes and
nearly cried. She wrapped her arms around him and sighed smelling his light musky
scent.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I'm here on...Watcher business." Fred noticed his face looked grim, this was
something serious.
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When Phoebe reached the house, her nerves were taut. She had just
received an urgent call from Piper. Something was wrong, but they wouldn't tell her
what until she got home. "This had better be good," thought Phoebe opening the
front door of the house; she had a ton of work to do, and an article due tomorrow.
In the living room she found Piper and Leo sitting together on the couch.
Paige and Chris were over by the crib looking at Wyatt. Placing down her bag,
Phoebe looked at everyone and put both hands on her hips.
"Anyone, mind telling me what's going on?" asked Phoebe, her lips pursed.
Paige and Chris looked up and both gave each other an uncertain look. Leo
stood up and smiled weakly.
"Well there's a situation," said Leo hesitantly.
Phoebe noticed his blood stained shirt and his mud flecked hair. "What
happened?"
"I-I'm no longer an elder."
Paige and Chris both looked appalled. "What, how?" cried Chris.
"They must have made a mistake," said Paige, her full red lips set.
"Leo is this true?" asked Piper whose voice was calm.
Leo turned to look at Piper, his light hazel eyes looked so tranquil, it was hard
not to believe him. "Yes it's true." Leo nodded.
Piper shifted her eyes away and stared into the empty fireplace.
"So, how did this happen?" asked Phoebe.
"I was just coming down here to see Piper, and when I went to the magic
school I was attacked...I had to defend myself. They stripped me of my title because
I killed someone," answered Leo, his voice shaky.
"You still have your powers?" asked Chris his brows knitted.
"Yeah, I'm still a white lighter," Leo replied though skeptical.
Chris nodded in relief, and turned around to check on Wyatt. Paige headed
over to Piper and sat down.
"Did you see these creatures?" asked Phoebe.
"They looked human to me, but they could have been any demons in
disguised. I just remember when I stabbed one of them they bled, but strangely he
didn't disappear, the other guy had to drag him away."
"Wait you're telling me that this all happened in front of the magic school?"
said Paige. "And no one saw?"
"Yeah," said Leo, suddenly realizing the ironic turn out. "You think Gideon
knows something?"
"Yeah," replied Paige. "Tell me when did this happen?"
"Around noon," said Leo. "Why?"
"Chris what time were you in the library?" asked Paige, "I got there around
two o'clock and you were still there."
"I-I was there around eleven, why?" said Chris his eye brows arching.
"Strange, just that Leo said the body was dragged, so there should have been
blood at the scene, but if you were there at eleven, then you should have heard
something. I think we should visit the magic school and find out what happened."
"Yeah," said Phoebe. "Paige and me will go, the rest of you find out anything
you can about the demons in the Book of Shadows, Piper we need you to stay with
Wyatt."
"But I don't think you two should go alone, not when the demons attacked at
the magic school, they might know something we don't know," said Piper standing
up.
"We don't have time, we can protect ourselves, we've dealt with bigger
demons than these, there's no problem," said Phoebe.
Piper still felt unsure, but she let it go, and went over to Wyatt. Leo and
Chris headed upstairs to find out something in the Book of Shadows, while Phoebe
and Paige left the house.
Phoebe pulled out her keys and was about to open her car door, when she
noticed a blue car sitting on the corner, and inside sat two figures. She had a
suspicious feeling she recognized the girl on the passenger side, but she was
interrupted by Paige urging her to hurry. They sped out of the drive and headed
towards the magic school, unaware that something blue followed a few feet behind.