Chapter Five: Explanations
Piper could hear voices as she slowly came to. They were muffled, but she could make out what they were saying. Stretching, she listened as she tried not to make any noise as she got up. The first voice she heard was Leo. It seemed as if he were trying to explain the situation to someone.
"She doesn't believe that she is in the future," he said.
"Well, I wouldn't either Leo, considering that I went to bed the previous night as a teenager," a new voice said. Piper did not recognize it as being Phoebe or Leo, but the voice was definitely female. Perhaps it was Prue?
"We just have to remember that all of this is going to come as a shock to Piper. Remember Paige, when we were teenagers, we had no idea we were witches. Mom and Grams made sure that there was never any magic in the house, that we had a normal life," Phoebe said.
"That isn't going to be the only thing that will come as a shock," the female voice said. Paige, Phoebe had called her. "Does she know about Prue yet? That's going to be pretty hard to tell her. And what about me? How exactly are we supposed to break it to Piper that I am her sister?"
"There is a lot that she doesn't know," Leo said. "And she was obviously sent here for a reason so she should be told the truth. The truth about your mother, Grams and Prue."
"Oh my god, we completely forgot about Wyatt and Chris," Phoebe gasped.
"Don't worry about them," Leo told her. "Leave that to me to tell Piper."
"I just wonder how she is going to handle her powers," Paige said, a bit of worry in her voice. "It was pretty hard to grasp the concept that I was able to do things that I never thought were real."
"There is just so much to tell her," Phoebe said. "Where do we start?"
"How about by telling me where Prue is?" Piper asked, sitting up and looking over the couch to see the three people talking.
"Piper, honey, you feeling any better?" Phoebe asked her, sitting opposite her in the living room, along with the other woman. Leo took a seat next to Piper.
"A little, but I could hear you all talking and I want to know where Prue is and who are you?" Piper looked at the new woman and waited for an answer.
"I am Paige Matthews," she said. "And I am your sister."
"But..."
"Piper, listen to me," Phoebe began. "After mom and dad divorced...mom fell in love with a man named Sam. Paige is our half sister."
"Is she a witch too?"
"Half witch," answered Paige. "My dad was a whitelighter." Seeing the confusion on Piper's face, Paige continued. "A whitelighter is like a guardian angel for witches. My dad was mom's whitelighter, just like Leo is ours."
Piper nodded. She was beginning to understand what they were saying and was even opening herself up to believing that she was in fact a witch, but she wanted to know where Prue was. Phoebe must have seen this on her sister's face, and unknown to Piper it was because of her powers as an empath, because she took Piper's hands and looked deep in her eyes.
"Piper, this is going to be really hard for you to hear, but Prue...You see, we are the Charmed Ones, very powerful witches and there are many demons and warlocks after us...All the bad guys live in the Underworld and the ruler of the Underworld is the Source...He wanted us dead, Piper and sent someone to kill us...Prue...she didn't...when the demon attacked..."
"She's dead?" Piper asked, finishing for Phoebe.
"I know it is hard to believe, but yes."
Tears clouded Piper's vision as she grasped the thought of her elder sister not being there. The pain was overwhelming, and Piper did her best to holdback her tears, but they came and she cried. Feeling a reassuring hand on her shoulder, she turned and saw Leo smiling at her, as if to tell her that it was all right and that he was there to comfort her.
'She's gone...but I get another sister," Piper said, looking up at Paige. "I hope we get along," she said with a laugh as she wiped away her tears.
Paige smiled. "We have our differences, but we do."
Taking a deep breath, Piper looked at Leo. She had not forgotten what they had said about Prue, but to Piper most of what was happening she thought was nothing more than a dream, so she wanted to know as much as possible before she woke up. "Now, tell me about these powers that I heard about."
"Well, witches have powers and you and your sisters are no exception. If you can believe it, you have the ability to freeze objects and blow them up."
Piper's eyes grew wide. "When I asked for some excitement in my life, I don't think I meant that, but I am definitely looking forward to learning how to use those powers."
"You won't be looking forward to it when the time comes, trust me," Phoebe said with a laugh, remembering how Piper was the one who was dead set against becoming a witch.
"How do I use them?" Piper asked.
"Everyone's trigger is different, but you normally use your powers when you are afraid and you throw your hands out," Leo answered.
"Like this," Paige said, as she took a vase glass figurine for a table and threw it at Piper.
Instinctively, Piper put up her hands, afraid that the figuring would hit her, but to her amazement, the object simply sat in the air, frozen. Standing up, Piper circled the glass figurine, her eyes wide and a smile spreading across her face.
"Phoebe, what can you do?" Piper enjoyed what she thought was just another illusion thanks to her dream-world and wanted to know what her sisters could do as well.
"I can levitate and I have premonitions of the past and future," she said.
"And I can orb objects and from place to place," Paige said, not wanting to be forgotten. "That and I learned how to heal."
Piper turned to Leo, but he answered before she could ask. "I have many, like all whitelighters. I can orb, heal, levitate and others."
"What power did Prue have?"
"Telekinesis," Phoebe said. "And astral projection."
Paige leaned and looked into the conservatory, then turned back to Leo. "Speaking of astral projection, I think I just saw someone in the other room. Want me to go up and have a talk with him?"
Leo nodded. Paige then said a quick good-bye to Piper and disappeared from the room is a swirl of blue and white lights. Piper jumped back at the sight, but turned her attention to Leo, wondering what Paige had meant.
"Was she talking about those two boys, the ones whose pictures I saw here in the living room?" Piper asked.
"Yes. Wyatt and Chris," Leo said.
"Them being?"
"Our sons."
Piper could hear voices as she slowly came to. They were muffled, but she could make out what they were saying. Stretching, she listened as she tried not to make any noise as she got up. The first voice she heard was Leo. It seemed as if he were trying to explain the situation to someone.
"She doesn't believe that she is in the future," he said.
"Well, I wouldn't either Leo, considering that I went to bed the previous night as a teenager," a new voice said. Piper did not recognize it as being Phoebe or Leo, but the voice was definitely female. Perhaps it was Prue?
"We just have to remember that all of this is going to come as a shock to Piper. Remember Paige, when we were teenagers, we had no idea we were witches. Mom and Grams made sure that there was never any magic in the house, that we had a normal life," Phoebe said.
"That isn't going to be the only thing that will come as a shock," the female voice said. Paige, Phoebe had called her. "Does she know about Prue yet? That's going to be pretty hard to tell her. And what about me? How exactly are we supposed to break it to Piper that I am her sister?"
"There is a lot that she doesn't know," Leo said. "And she was obviously sent here for a reason so she should be told the truth. The truth about your mother, Grams and Prue."
"Oh my god, we completely forgot about Wyatt and Chris," Phoebe gasped.
"Don't worry about them," Leo told her. "Leave that to me to tell Piper."
"I just wonder how she is going to handle her powers," Paige said, a bit of worry in her voice. "It was pretty hard to grasp the concept that I was able to do things that I never thought were real."
"There is just so much to tell her," Phoebe said. "Where do we start?"
"How about by telling me where Prue is?" Piper asked, sitting up and looking over the couch to see the three people talking.
"Piper, honey, you feeling any better?" Phoebe asked her, sitting opposite her in the living room, along with the other woman. Leo took a seat next to Piper.
"A little, but I could hear you all talking and I want to know where Prue is and who are you?" Piper looked at the new woman and waited for an answer.
"I am Paige Matthews," she said. "And I am your sister."
"But..."
"Piper, listen to me," Phoebe began. "After mom and dad divorced...mom fell in love with a man named Sam. Paige is our half sister."
"Is she a witch too?"
"Half witch," answered Paige. "My dad was a whitelighter." Seeing the confusion on Piper's face, Paige continued. "A whitelighter is like a guardian angel for witches. My dad was mom's whitelighter, just like Leo is ours."
Piper nodded. She was beginning to understand what they were saying and was even opening herself up to believing that she was in fact a witch, but she wanted to know where Prue was. Phoebe must have seen this on her sister's face, and unknown to Piper it was because of her powers as an empath, because she took Piper's hands and looked deep in her eyes.
"Piper, this is going to be really hard for you to hear, but Prue...You see, we are the Charmed Ones, very powerful witches and there are many demons and warlocks after us...All the bad guys live in the Underworld and the ruler of the Underworld is the Source...He wanted us dead, Piper and sent someone to kill us...Prue...she didn't...when the demon attacked..."
"She's dead?" Piper asked, finishing for Phoebe.
"I know it is hard to believe, but yes."
Tears clouded Piper's vision as she grasped the thought of her elder sister not being there. The pain was overwhelming, and Piper did her best to holdback her tears, but they came and she cried. Feeling a reassuring hand on her shoulder, she turned and saw Leo smiling at her, as if to tell her that it was all right and that he was there to comfort her.
'She's gone...but I get another sister," Piper said, looking up at Paige. "I hope we get along," she said with a laugh as she wiped away her tears.
Paige smiled. "We have our differences, but we do."
Taking a deep breath, Piper looked at Leo. She had not forgotten what they had said about Prue, but to Piper most of what was happening she thought was nothing more than a dream, so she wanted to know as much as possible before she woke up. "Now, tell me about these powers that I heard about."
"Well, witches have powers and you and your sisters are no exception. If you can believe it, you have the ability to freeze objects and blow them up."
Piper's eyes grew wide. "When I asked for some excitement in my life, I don't think I meant that, but I am definitely looking forward to learning how to use those powers."
"You won't be looking forward to it when the time comes, trust me," Phoebe said with a laugh, remembering how Piper was the one who was dead set against becoming a witch.
"How do I use them?" Piper asked.
"Everyone's trigger is different, but you normally use your powers when you are afraid and you throw your hands out," Leo answered.
"Like this," Paige said, as she took a vase glass figurine for a table and threw it at Piper.
Instinctively, Piper put up her hands, afraid that the figuring would hit her, but to her amazement, the object simply sat in the air, frozen. Standing up, Piper circled the glass figurine, her eyes wide and a smile spreading across her face.
"Phoebe, what can you do?" Piper enjoyed what she thought was just another illusion thanks to her dream-world and wanted to know what her sisters could do as well.
"I can levitate and I have premonitions of the past and future," she said.
"And I can orb objects and from place to place," Paige said, not wanting to be forgotten. "That and I learned how to heal."
Piper turned to Leo, but he answered before she could ask. "I have many, like all whitelighters. I can orb, heal, levitate and others."
"What power did Prue have?"
"Telekinesis," Phoebe said. "And astral projection."
Paige leaned and looked into the conservatory, then turned back to Leo. "Speaking of astral projection, I think I just saw someone in the other room. Want me to go up and have a talk with him?"
Leo nodded. Paige then said a quick good-bye to Piper and disappeared from the room is a swirl of blue and white lights. Piper jumped back at the sight, but turned her attention to Leo, wondering what Paige had meant.
"Was she talking about those two boys, the ones whose pictures I saw here in the living room?" Piper asked.
"Yes. Wyatt and Chris," Leo said.
"Them being?"
"Our sons."