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Chaper five: Dreams that haunt

Katie tossed and turned on the couch, trying to shake the dreams that followed with no luck.

(dream:)

Katie woke to a loud crash from downstairs. Assuming it was another demon, Katie ran out of her bed and into Chris's room. "Chris..." She whispered trying to wake him up, "Chris wake up."

Her fourteen-year-old cousin woke up somewhat and looked at her like she was crazy, "Katie what are you doing here?" His voice was clouded with sleep.

"Did you hear it?"

"Hear what?" He mumbled, drifting back to sleep. Before sleep claimed him again, another crash came from downstairs. Instantly he was awake.

"That." She answered, confirming that she too had heard the crash.

"Come on," He grabbed her hand, leading her into the hallway. There they met Melinda, their other cousin. "You too, Melinda," He ordered, grabbing her hand as well. "Wait here." He ordered, leaving them at the top of the stairs.

"Don't go, Chris." Katie pleaded, lunging forward.

He caught her before she made any real noise, "I'm just going downstairs. I'll be right back." He promised, leaving her with Melinda.

Suddenly, Katie stood up and ran to the attic. "Where are you going, Chris said to stay here?" Melinda whispered loudly after her.

"I have to get something," Katie whispered back, disappearing at the attic stairs. The attic was silent and Katie didn't notice that the Book of Shadows wasn't in its usual place. Instead she ran over to a cabinet, flinging it open with a wave of her hand. Inside the cabinet was a collection of athemes. Katie grabbed a couple and ran back downstairs.

It was quiet downstairs. Nothing made a sound. Melinda wasn't at the top of the stairs like she had been. "Melinda?" Katie's voice echoed throughout the hall. Carefully, Katie made her way down the stairs. Scorch marks were everywhere, covering almost everything. Of in the corner, something moved and moaned slightly from the pain. "Who's there?" Katie tried to calm her voice but it just didn't work. Whoever it was stood up and Katie breathed a sigh of relief, it was just Chris.

"Katie, I told you to stay upstairs." Chris snapped and he didn't seem very happy to see her. Katie's bottom lip started to quiver as she felt tears coming on. The athemes in her hand fell to the ground and she turned to run away. "Katie, wait." He caught to her and hugged her before she even reached the stairs. "I'm sorry Katie. I didn't mean to snap at you."

He let of her suddenly, going back for the athemes. Picking one up, he headed to a scorched body Katie couldn't recognize. Trying not to cry, Chris pricked the finger of the body with the atheme, then went back over to Katie. "Give me your hand." He ordered. She refused, and he grabbed it, sticking her palm with the atheme. It hurt for a second, then she felt a rush of power going through her. She knew what he'd done. He had taken the power from whoever that body was and given it to her. "Here," He handed her the atheme, "Go to the aunt, over there and prick her finger with it." She nodded and watched as he went over, picked up the other atheme and went to a third body doing the same thing he had done to the first. Only this time he stuck himself with the atheme instead of Katie.

It didn't take long to get whatever power Chris wanted her to from Phoebe and quickly she poked her hand with the atheme. He came over and stuck the atheme into Phoebe around her heart. "What are you doing?" Katie cried.

"She's dead Katie. She can't feel it." He answered, sticking himself with the atheme once again. Standing up, he grabbed her hand, "Come on." He led her in search of Leo and Richard. When the duo found their fathers, it was already too late to save any power from them. The atheme only worked on the living and newly dead.

Katie ran to her father's side, "Daddy wake up. Daddy," She pleaded but nothing happened. Katie turned suddenly and ran into the living room. There she spotted Paige for the first time, "Mommy," She screamed, sitting next to Paige, "Mommy you have to wake up, Daddy needs help. Mommy." Slowly it occurred to Katie that Paige was also dead.

Chris grabbed Katie from behind before she could run anywhere and held her to the spot, trying to comfort her. "It's ok Katie. Everything will be fine." He shushed her but she didn't hear him. Reaching into his pocket, Chris pulled out his cell phone and dialed some number. "Grandpa?" He said into the phone, "Can you come to the manor? It's important." Chris dropped the phone after Victor said he'd be right there and joined Katie in her tears. That was how Victor found them. Sitting on the ground, in the middle of the death scene, crying.

"Come on Katie we have to go." Chris said standing the in the doorway. Katie sat at Paige's vanity playing with some of things on it. A few days had passed since that night, and now the funerals for the Charmed Ones, Leo, and Richard had arrived.

"No," She said fiercely.

Chris sighed and walked into the room, "They're waiting for us." He said softly, smoothing the black dress she wore.

"I don't care." She bit her lip to keep the tears from falling.

"I know you don't but we have to go."

"No we don't," She countered, staring into the vanity mirror, "If we go that means they're really gone and I don't want that."

"I don't want it either." His voice cracked and she didn't miss it but choose not to say anything. "But it'll be true whether we go or not. And we have each other."

She turned around and slowly got off the chair, "Promise you'll never leave me Chris." She said, throwing her arms around his waist.

He returned the embrace, "Promise. I'm not going anywhere."

"What happened to Melinda and Wyatt?" She mumbled into his shirt.

"I don't know," He lied. The longer she could go without knowing the truth the better. She didn't need to know what Wyatt had done and that Melinda helped.

(end of dream)

Katie turned again restlessly. Chris, being a light sleeper ever since that night, noticed. He knew what she was dreaming about. The dream had haunted her ever since that night and he guessed it would never go away. Blue and white orbs filled the room as Katie orbed out. Chris sat up suddenly, watching her do this. "Not again," He mumbled, reaching for his shirt.

Chris orbed into Paige's room, thinking he had sensed Katie there. He was wrong or she had been there and left already. "Chris what are you doing?" Paige shouted, waking up and noticing Chris.

"Looking for Katie," He answered simply.

"She's not here obviously," Paige snapped, "Why are you looking for her, isn't she downstairs?"

"She was," Chris admitted, "until she started sleep orbing again."

"Sleep what?" Paige yelled, waking up the rest of the house.

"Kinda like sleep walking, only a lot harder to control and to catch. I've done it, I'm sure you have too." Chris explained, trying to sense Katie again.

"What is going on in here?" Piper yelled, opening the door. Behind her were Phoebe and Leo.

"Katie's sleep orbing and I have to find her before she does anything that might expose magic." Chris answered, ready to orb again.

"Chris, wait." Chris stopped and looked over at Leo. "Need any help?"

Chris smiled unexpectedly, "Yeah, actually that'd be great, thanks." He and Leo orbed at the same time.

Piper and Phoebe stood there staring at Paige, "What? Don't look at me. It's your son and husband that went after her."

"Yeah, but she's your daughter." Piper countered.

"What's sleep orbing?" Phoebe asked.

A/N: Ok, I know the chapter's a little short but I wanted it to just be about the dream Katie has. So yeah, hope you like and let me know.

A/N 2: Yes, there is pie now because I love pie and pie makes people happy. Happy people review, right?