A/N: Apologies for lateness and all. I've got history modules, and the
French Revolution's a bitch. This chapter, mini Prue and school!
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The teacher drew a '1' and a plus sign, then a '2' on the board. She faced the class.
"If you have one block, and I gave you two blocks, how many blocks would you have?" she asked hopefully. Twenty blank faces met hers. The teacher sighed. Maybe addition this early in the semester was a little wishful.
"Three?" ventured a little boy from across the room to Prue, after counting under his breath. The teacher smiled in relief.
"Excellent, Will," she congratulated him. She rubbed out the sum, and drew a '3', then a minus sign, and then a '2' on the board.
"So if I took away two of your blocks, how many would you have?" she asked. A little girl's arm shot into the air, and waved madly.
"Imaginary blocks, Abby," the teacher sighed tiredly. Abby lowered her hand.
"Five?" asked another kid tentatively. The teacher shook her head.
"Nope. I'm taking away blocks, Justin," she emphasised.
"One block," the little girl who answered tossed back her black curls with a confident little smile. She was rewarded with another smile.
"Well done, Maddy. See, if you take away two blocks, you get one block." Twenty now disinterested faces met hers.
"It's like magic?" she tried desperately. If she managed to lose twenty five year olds' interest in math, she'd be fired. And a cat and a house plant wuld be made homeless.
The class broke into chatter.
"Like Harry Potter?" Will asked, waving his arm in the air.
"I can do magic, like Sabrina," Maddy announced to anyone who would listen. Prue scowled. Taking blocks away wasn't magic.
"It's not magic," she informed Maddy, sitting across from her. Maddy rolled her eyes, and gave a very grown up little sigh.
"So what is?" she shrugged, bored. Prue smiled a little wicked grin, and concentrated very hard on the board.
A piece of chalk floated up from the box, and began dancing beside the teacher. The teacher stopped and looked at it. Abruptly, the chalk dropped back into the box. Mentally, the teacher counted how many tablets of medication she had in her desk, and how much it would cost her to see the psychiatrist again.
"Okay guys, recess," the teacher announced, rubbing out the sums. Maybe in the break, she could ingest enough medication to get through the day without seeing the chalk move.
Prue skipped out of the classroom, and stopped in front of the clock above the door out to the playground. If the little hand was pointing to ten, and the big hand was pointing to five, then they were a whole five minutes early, according to Paige. She smiled to herself.
Maddy, heading a whole bunch of little girls, stopped her as she walked into the playground.
"Prue does magic, she's weird," Maddy announced to the other little girls. Solemnly, the other little girls noted the weirdness of Prue. "We're not gonna play with you," Maddy informed her. "Magic's weird."
She stalked off, followed by her retinue.
"Can you really do magic?" Prue turned around to face the little boy who'd asked if there were five blocks. She cocked her head on one side, considering her answer.
"Maybe," she answered, folding her arms. "Can you?" Justin shook his head, wide eyed. He had freckles, kinda like Andy did, all over his nose. She missed Andy.
"Did you make the chalk float?" another boy chipped in. Prue nodded proudly.
"Yup."
"Cool," breathed the boy, in a sigh of worship. All the other little boys crowded around Prue.
"Sweetie, if you don't stop pacing, we're gonna be replacing the tiles," Phoebe observed, from over her cup of coffee, with an amused look. Paige looked up.
"I'm not pacing,' she corrected her sister, frowning. "Okay, I am a little." She shot Phoebe a sheepish grin.
"Are you worried about her, honey?" Phoebe asked, half teasingly. Paige smiled, picking up one of the cookies Piper had made for Prue when she came back from school.
"A little. What if she's not popular, or she does magic, and gets us, and her exposed?"
Phoebe's eyebrows shot up.
"Uh, those are worries," she answered. "But Prue will be fine. She'll play, get hyped up on watered down juice, and come home. No exposing of any kind."
"So, you can be Andy," Prue pointed at Justin. He nodded immediately.
"What's an Andy?" Will interjected. Prue pushed dark hair behind her ears importantly.
"Andy's my best friend," she explained. They didn't look at all impressed. "He's invisible," she added.
"Cool," stated Justin.
"What can I be?" Will demanded. Prue cocked her head on one side, summing him up.
"You can be Piper. She's my sister. She makes stuff freeze," she explained. She missed Piper. Piper needed her to be big, and tough, and would play witchcraft, and floating with her.
"I have to be a girl?" Will repeated incredulously. Prue nodded.
"If you want to play with me, you have to do what I say," she stated, folding her arms.
"No fair," Will complained. "I don't want to play any more." He wandered off, and several of the little boys followed him. They started up a game of soccer in a corner of the playground. Justin looked from Prue, to the soccer game pleadingly, then left.
Prue scowled, and stomped over to the swings. She sat down on one, and gave a little 'push' with her mind. The swing rocked back and forth, as she thought.
She missed little Piper and Phoebe, and Andy. Sometimes Piper wouldn't play, and told Grams on her, but Andy played lots, and could be moved, and freezed. Plus, when they came, she'd miss Andy more. Prue swung a little more, frowning in concentration.
"I want an Andy," she told the sky decidedly. The sky blinked at her, and Prue smiled. Her Andy would come soon.
"What in hell?" Paige began, as the room filled with blue light. Phoebe stared down in shock at her abdomen.
Leo and Piper stared at her stomach in silence, as the light flashed brightly, then died, returning the living room to normal.
"Uh, is there something going on here I really should know about?" Piper addressed her husband, one eyebrow raised. "I didn't order flash to the stomach."
Before either of them could say anything else, however, a small boy in a cowboy hat waved at them from the doorway.
"Hi!" little Andy said happily.
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A/N:
Next chapter, (not so late next time) Piper, Paige and Phoebe meet little Andy, the Elders explain just what were the results of allowing mini Prue to stay, and Prue/Andy shenanigans.
REVIEW!!!
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The teacher drew a '1' and a plus sign, then a '2' on the board. She faced the class.
"If you have one block, and I gave you two blocks, how many blocks would you have?" she asked hopefully. Twenty blank faces met hers. The teacher sighed. Maybe addition this early in the semester was a little wishful.
"Three?" ventured a little boy from across the room to Prue, after counting under his breath. The teacher smiled in relief.
"Excellent, Will," she congratulated him. She rubbed out the sum, and drew a '3', then a minus sign, and then a '2' on the board.
"So if I took away two of your blocks, how many would you have?" she asked. A little girl's arm shot into the air, and waved madly.
"Imaginary blocks, Abby," the teacher sighed tiredly. Abby lowered her hand.
"Five?" asked another kid tentatively. The teacher shook her head.
"Nope. I'm taking away blocks, Justin," she emphasised.
"One block," the little girl who answered tossed back her black curls with a confident little smile. She was rewarded with another smile.
"Well done, Maddy. See, if you take away two blocks, you get one block." Twenty now disinterested faces met hers.
"It's like magic?" she tried desperately. If she managed to lose twenty five year olds' interest in math, she'd be fired. And a cat and a house plant wuld be made homeless.
The class broke into chatter.
"Like Harry Potter?" Will asked, waving his arm in the air.
"I can do magic, like Sabrina," Maddy announced to anyone who would listen. Prue scowled. Taking blocks away wasn't magic.
"It's not magic," she informed Maddy, sitting across from her. Maddy rolled her eyes, and gave a very grown up little sigh.
"So what is?" she shrugged, bored. Prue smiled a little wicked grin, and concentrated very hard on the board.
A piece of chalk floated up from the box, and began dancing beside the teacher. The teacher stopped and looked at it. Abruptly, the chalk dropped back into the box. Mentally, the teacher counted how many tablets of medication she had in her desk, and how much it would cost her to see the psychiatrist again.
"Okay guys, recess," the teacher announced, rubbing out the sums. Maybe in the break, she could ingest enough medication to get through the day without seeing the chalk move.
Prue skipped out of the classroom, and stopped in front of the clock above the door out to the playground. If the little hand was pointing to ten, and the big hand was pointing to five, then they were a whole five minutes early, according to Paige. She smiled to herself.
Maddy, heading a whole bunch of little girls, stopped her as she walked into the playground.
"Prue does magic, she's weird," Maddy announced to the other little girls. Solemnly, the other little girls noted the weirdness of Prue. "We're not gonna play with you," Maddy informed her. "Magic's weird."
She stalked off, followed by her retinue.
"Can you really do magic?" Prue turned around to face the little boy who'd asked if there were five blocks. She cocked her head on one side, considering her answer.
"Maybe," she answered, folding her arms. "Can you?" Justin shook his head, wide eyed. He had freckles, kinda like Andy did, all over his nose. She missed Andy.
"Did you make the chalk float?" another boy chipped in. Prue nodded proudly.
"Yup."
"Cool," breathed the boy, in a sigh of worship. All the other little boys crowded around Prue.
"Sweetie, if you don't stop pacing, we're gonna be replacing the tiles," Phoebe observed, from over her cup of coffee, with an amused look. Paige looked up.
"I'm not pacing,' she corrected her sister, frowning. "Okay, I am a little." She shot Phoebe a sheepish grin.
"Are you worried about her, honey?" Phoebe asked, half teasingly. Paige smiled, picking up one of the cookies Piper had made for Prue when she came back from school.
"A little. What if she's not popular, or she does magic, and gets us, and her exposed?"
Phoebe's eyebrows shot up.
"Uh, those are worries," she answered. "But Prue will be fine. She'll play, get hyped up on watered down juice, and come home. No exposing of any kind."
"So, you can be Andy," Prue pointed at Justin. He nodded immediately.
"What's an Andy?" Will interjected. Prue pushed dark hair behind her ears importantly.
"Andy's my best friend," she explained. They didn't look at all impressed. "He's invisible," she added.
"Cool," stated Justin.
"What can I be?" Will demanded. Prue cocked her head on one side, summing him up.
"You can be Piper. She's my sister. She makes stuff freeze," she explained. She missed Piper. Piper needed her to be big, and tough, and would play witchcraft, and floating with her.
"I have to be a girl?" Will repeated incredulously. Prue nodded.
"If you want to play with me, you have to do what I say," she stated, folding her arms.
"No fair," Will complained. "I don't want to play any more." He wandered off, and several of the little boys followed him. They started up a game of soccer in a corner of the playground. Justin looked from Prue, to the soccer game pleadingly, then left.
Prue scowled, and stomped over to the swings. She sat down on one, and gave a little 'push' with her mind. The swing rocked back and forth, as she thought.
She missed little Piper and Phoebe, and Andy. Sometimes Piper wouldn't play, and told Grams on her, but Andy played lots, and could be moved, and freezed. Plus, when they came, she'd miss Andy more. Prue swung a little more, frowning in concentration.
"I want an Andy," she told the sky decidedly. The sky blinked at her, and Prue smiled. Her Andy would come soon.
"What in hell?" Paige began, as the room filled with blue light. Phoebe stared down in shock at her abdomen.
Leo and Piper stared at her stomach in silence, as the light flashed brightly, then died, returning the living room to normal.
"Uh, is there something going on here I really should know about?" Piper addressed her husband, one eyebrow raised. "I didn't order flash to the stomach."
Before either of them could say anything else, however, a small boy in a cowboy hat waved at them from the doorway.
"Hi!" little Andy said happily.
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A/N:
Next chapter, (not so late next time) Piper, Paige and Phoebe meet little Andy, the Elders explain just what were the results of allowing mini Prue to stay, and Prue/Andy shenanigans.
REVIEW!!!