CHILD OF THE WHITELIGHTER
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Charmed characters, although it would be nice to own Leo. (wink wink) The characters Caiti, her friends, and her mother Jeanne are my own creation; please don't use them without asking me first.
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mrs.shigwa.cobain-thanks! I think you will enjoy where this is going, and if you haven't figured it out who her father is already, you will soon!
A/N: if at any time during the story you see a row of these: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ it means that there is a scene change. I will be using them a lot during the first part of this chapter. This chapter is also rated PG for language. It's also kind of long, but for a good reason!
CHAPTER THREE
By the time Caiti and Jeanne reached P3, the other members of Awakened at Dawn were standing outside the doors waiting for them. Caiti got out of the car first so she could go inside with the band and get set up. She got her guitar out of the trunk, and went to join her friends while Jeanne parked the Mustang. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, and Chris had arrived at the club and were inside when they heard voices that sounded an awful lot like a group of teenagers playfully arguing. "I guess that's them," said Piper. As the voices got closer, they were able to hear a bit of what was going on, hearing first the voices of two males. "OW!!! Mike, you dropped the freaking drum on my foot!" "Sorry man, not my fault that the drums are heavy!" "Well maybe if you bulked up a bit it wouldn't be so hard to carry!" Then a female voice said, "Mike, Jacob, quit it! You ever think that the people that own this place could hear us?" "Sorry, babe." "Yeah sorry Janna. It's just that your boyfriend's a total wimp when it comes to hard labor!" They continued in this vein for a bit, when another female voice said, "OK, all of you, stop it! We need to concentrate on actually getting these instruments down the stairs!" The others quieted down. Then another member of the band, once again female, spoke up. "So, Caiti, how do you propose we do this?" "Well Serena, we can do this two ways. We can do it the hard way, which is what we're doing now. Or, we can do it the easy way, the fun way, if you get my meaning." "Caiti, are you nuts? What if it spooks the owners? What if they aren't witches like us? We've never used our powers in public before!" Hearing this, Piper and Phoebe looked at the others. "They're witches, just like us," said Piper. The group continued to listen. "But Serena, what if you're wrong? I can sense some serious magic around this place. I think it's a safe bet that whatever we do, these people won't be shocked," said Caiti.
"Fine, fine. Let's just get this over with," said Serena.
"OK, on three," said Caiti. "1......2......3!"
Then they heard a sound that sounded like 5 pairs of fingers snapping, and suddenly there were 3 guitars, a harmonica, a keyboard, a tambourine, and a drum set at the bottom of the stairs, and then they heard the pounding of feet coming down the stairs, and just as suddenly, there were 5 teenagers standing in front of them.
Piper was the first to speak. "I assume you're the band, aren't you?" she asked. The group nudged each other and finally pushed a girl to the front, a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. "Yep," the girl said. "We're Awakened at Dawn, at your service. So, where should we set up?"
Piper pointed at the stage, and the girl looked at the rest of the group and grinned. They snapped their fingers, and soon the instruments were set up. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige looked at each other. "Impressive," said Phoebe. "Thank you," grinned the girl. "So," Piper asked. "Who are you?" "Caitlin Dorian," the girl replied.
At the sound of the girl's name, Leo looked up. While the band had been coming downstairs and setting up, he had been putting the microphones in place, and when the group had come downstairs and set up their instruments, he had been talking to Chris, but when the girl said her name, he stopped. The girl standing there, talking to Piper, looked exactly like- but it couldn't be, she would have to be older now, at least 35, she couldn't be 18 years old. Then, he saw her. There she was, standing behind the curtains onstage. He was sure this time that it was she. Telling Chris that he had to get something backstage, he orbed out of sight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Standing behind the curtain, Jeanne could see her daughter speaking to the owner of the club and smiled. Her daughter, soon to be in college, was speaking animatedly to a woman about 12 years younger than herself. She turned to sit in a chair near where she was standing. But as she turned, blue and white orbs appeared in front of her, and just as suddenly as they appeared, they disappeared, leaving a very familiar man standing in their place. Then he spoke, saying her name, "Jeanne, it's-"
As Leo started to speak, Jeanne's expression changed from one of surprise to one of furious anger, and she slapped him hard in the face. Leo rubbed the left side of his face in shock and tried again this time saying, "Jeanne, I'm sorry-" but to no avail, as Jeanne slapped him again, harder than before. This time, Jeanne spoke first.
"Where have you been the last 18 years Leo?"
"They gave me my powers back, Jeanne. I had no choice."
"You had no choice? You could have come back to see me and Caiti!"
"If you'd stop bitch slapping me, I'll explain!" Jeanne finally calmed down and decided to let him speak. Leo explained how the elders had given him his powers back after he left her house that day, how they had erased his memories of her and the day they were together, and how he never knew about any of this until he saw a picture of Caiti right before he came to the club. "I believe you Leo," said Jeanne. "But now I've got the hard job of telling Caiti the truth." And with that, she orbed away, leaving Leo to think about what had just occurred, and how well Jeanne's aim had gotten since the last time they were together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Caiti," Jeanne called from the stage's edge. "I need to talk to you for a moment before you go onstage."
Caiti looked at Piper and excused herself, telling the others to get ready to go on while she spoke with her mother.
"What is it Mom?" Caiti asked, worrying a bit about what could be the matter when she saw the depressed look on her mother's face.
"This is something I should have told you earlier. About your father."
Caiti braced herself before saying, "OK, what is it?"
"The man you grew up knowing as your father, he-he isn't really your father. Your father-your real father, I should say-was a whitelighter. His wings had been clipped-meaning his powers were taken away-when we, um, slept together, and he received his powers again when he left the house that day, before your father-the man you believed was your father- returned."
Caiti was taken aback. "You mean, you cheated on Dad?"
Jeanne sighed and said, "Yes. It's not something I'm proud of, but the man I cheated on him with is your father. Apparently the elders erased all memory of me, which in turn erased any thoughts of you."
Caiti couldn't take another minute of what her mother was saying. "I'm sorry Mom," she said, "But I have to go onstage now. They're waiting" And with that she left her mother behind and joined her bandmates onstage.
well, well, well! another cliffhanger ending! as before though, here are a few spoilers for next time! Next: The band performs! Will they get the job or not? Also, Caiti comes face to face with the man who could be her father. Who will he be? I bet you can already guess!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Charmed characters, although it would be nice to own Leo. (wink wink) The characters Caiti, her friends, and her mother Jeanne are my own creation; please don't use them without asking me first.
Review Replies:
mrs.shigwa.cobain-thanks! I think you will enjoy where this is going, and if you haven't figured it out who her father is already, you will soon!
A/N: if at any time during the story you see a row of these: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ it means that there is a scene change. I will be using them a lot during the first part of this chapter. This chapter is also rated PG for language. It's also kind of long, but for a good reason!
CHAPTER THREE
By the time Caiti and Jeanne reached P3, the other members of Awakened at Dawn were standing outside the doors waiting for them. Caiti got out of the car first so she could go inside with the band and get set up. She got her guitar out of the trunk, and went to join her friends while Jeanne parked the Mustang. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, and Chris had arrived at the club and were inside when they heard voices that sounded an awful lot like a group of teenagers playfully arguing. "I guess that's them," said Piper. As the voices got closer, they were able to hear a bit of what was going on, hearing first the voices of two males. "OW!!! Mike, you dropped the freaking drum on my foot!" "Sorry man, not my fault that the drums are heavy!" "Well maybe if you bulked up a bit it wouldn't be so hard to carry!" Then a female voice said, "Mike, Jacob, quit it! You ever think that the people that own this place could hear us?" "Sorry, babe." "Yeah sorry Janna. It's just that your boyfriend's a total wimp when it comes to hard labor!" They continued in this vein for a bit, when another female voice said, "OK, all of you, stop it! We need to concentrate on actually getting these instruments down the stairs!" The others quieted down. Then another member of the band, once again female, spoke up. "So, Caiti, how do you propose we do this?" "Well Serena, we can do this two ways. We can do it the hard way, which is what we're doing now. Or, we can do it the easy way, the fun way, if you get my meaning." "Caiti, are you nuts? What if it spooks the owners? What if they aren't witches like us? We've never used our powers in public before!" Hearing this, Piper and Phoebe looked at the others. "They're witches, just like us," said Piper. The group continued to listen. "But Serena, what if you're wrong? I can sense some serious magic around this place. I think it's a safe bet that whatever we do, these people won't be shocked," said Caiti.
"Fine, fine. Let's just get this over with," said Serena.
"OK, on three," said Caiti. "1......2......3!"
Then they heard a sound that sounded like 5 pairs of fingers snapping, and suddenly there were 3 guitars, a harmonica, a keyboard, a tambourine, and a drum set at the bottom of the stairs, and then they heard the pounding of feet coming down the stairs, and just as suddenly, there were 5 teenagers standing in front of them.
Piper was the first to speak. "I assume you're the band, aren't you?" she asked. The group nudged each other and finally pushed a girl to the front, a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. "Yep," the girl said. "We're Awakened at Dawn, at your service. So, where should we set up?"
Piper pointed at the stage, and the girl looked at the rest of the group and grinned. They snapped their fingers, and soon the instruments were set up. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige looked at each other. "Impressive," said Phoebe. "Thank you," grinned the girl. "So," Piper asked. "Who are you?" "Caitlin Dorian," the girl replied.
At the sound of the girl's name, Leo looked up. While the band had been coming downstairs and setting up, he had been putting the microphones in place, and when the group had come downstairs and set up their instruments, he had been talking to Chris, but when the girl said her name, he stopped. The girl standing there, talking to Piper, looked exactly like- but it couldn't be, she would have to be older now, at least 35, she couldn't be 18 years old. Then, he saw her. There she was, standing behind the curtains onstage. He was sure this time that it was she. Telling Chris that he had to get something backstage, he orbed out of sight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Standing behind the curtain, Jeanne could see her daughter speaking to the owner of the club and smiled. Her daughter, soon to be in college, was speaking animatedly to a woman about 12 years younger than herself. She turned to sit in a chair near where she was standing. But as she turned, blue and white orbs appeared in front of her, and just as suddenly as they appeared, they disappeared, leaving a very familiar man standing in their place. Then he spoke, saying her name, "Jeanne, it's-"
As Leo started to speak, Jeanne's expression changed from one of surprise to one of furious anger, and she slapped him hard in the face. Leo rubbed the left side of his face in shock and tried again this time saying, "Jeanne, I'm sorry-" but to no avail, as Jeanne slapped him again, harder than before. This time, Jeanne spoke first.
"Where have you been the last 18 years Leo?"
"They gave me my powers back, Jeanne. I had no choice."
"You had no choice? You could have come back to see me and Caiti!"
"If you'd stop bitch slapping me, I'll explain!" Jeanne finally calmed down and decided to let him speak. Leo explained how the elders had given him his powers back after he left her house that day, how they had erased his memories of her and the day they were together, and how he never knew about any of this until he saw a picture of Caiti right before he came to the club. "I believe you Leo," said Jeanne. "But now I've got the hard job of telling Caiti the truth." And with that, she orbed away, leaving Leo to think about what had just occurred, and how well Jeanne's aim had gotten since the last time they were together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Caiti," Jeanne called from the stage's edge. "I need to talk to you for a moment before you go onstage."
Caiti looked at Piper and excused herself, telling the others to get ready to go on while she spoke with her mother.
"What is it Mom?" Caiti asked, worrying a bit about what could be the matter when she saw the depressed look on her mother's face.
"This is something I should have told you earlier. About your father."
Caiti braced herself before saying, "OK, what is it?"
"The man you grew up knowing as your father, he-he isn't really your father. Your father-your real father, I should say-was a whitelighter. His wings had been clipped-meaning his powers were taken away-when we, um, slept together, and he received his powers again when he left the house that day, before your father-the man you believed was your father- returned."
Caiti was taken aback. "You mean, you cheated on Dad?"
Jeanne sighed and said, "Yes. It's not something I'm proud of, but the man I cheated on him with is your father. Apparently the elders erased all memory of me, which in turn erased any thoughts of you."
Caiti couldn't take another minute of what her mother was saying. "I'm sorry Mom," she said, "But I have to go onstage now. They're waiting" And with that she left her mother behind and joined her bandmates onstage.
well, well, well! another cliffhanger ending! as before though, here are a few spoilers for next time! Next: The band performs! Will they get the job or not? Also, Caiti comes face to face with the man who could be her father. Who will he be? I bet you can already guess!