Chapter Nine: Believing
Piper stared at the grandfather clock, watching the second hand tick. Paige had orbed over to Victor's, and he was presently in the nursery with his grandchildren. Phoebe was in the kitchen, making sure that there was enough potion for the sisters in case of attack. Leo had gone to what he called "Up There" to, as he said, "confer with the other Elders".
"What the heck is an Elder?" Piper had asked Leo before he left.
"They are...high beings that know things," he answered, trying to think of something.
"They don't know everything and we normally don't get along with them," Paige added, coming down the stairs, the Book in her arms.
Leo nodded and gave Piper a quick kiss on the cheek. "I better get up there and see what they say, if they have anything to say."
With that, he was gone in a swirl of lights and Piper was left to her lonesome in the living room. She sat there for what seemed like hours, waiting for something to happen. But nothing did. Looking around the room, Piper decided that she should practice her powers so that she would stand a chance in a fight with a demon.
Making sure that no one was near by, she took a deep breath and decided that she wanted to start small and try to freeze something. Piper was still a bit iffy about her powers. Sure, she had thought that it was cool that she froze what Paige had thrown at her, after causing that explosion in the kitchen...
"I could have hurt someone," Piper said to herself. "I could have hurt the boys."
With this in mind, Piper knew that she had to get her powers under control, for her protection and the protection of everyone else. Relaxing, she focused on a book on a table in the living room. Picking it up, she threw it in the air and threw out her hands. Closing her eyes, she prayed that it froze, but became upset when she heard the book explode into pieces.
Opening her eyes, she watched the pieces fall to the ground as a figure orbed into the room. It was Wyatt. He looked confused and worried, and rushed up to his mother to see what the matter was. For being as young as he was, he seemed to know that something was up and that his parents and aunts were not telling him.
"Mom? I heard the noise and wanted to know what was wrong," he said. He saw the remains of the book on the floor. "Is there something wrong with your powers?"
"I'm not sure," she confessed, sitting back on the couch.
Wyatt sat down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. Sometimes our powers aren't nice to us, as Aunt Phoebe says. Besides, something seemed to be bothering you at breakfast. Our powers are connected to our emotions. That could be the reason."
Piper nodded. My emotions? They won't work because I don't have faith in them working.
Wyatt stood and walked toward the stairs. "Don't worry mom. I know what it's like, not being able to control my powers. Chris does too and believe me, if anyone should be worrying, it should be us. We have more powers than you do."
"You do?"
Wyatt laughed. "Yeah. But mom?"
"Yes?"
"I believe in you."
With that, Wyatt was gone up the stairs and Piper was left alone once again. This time, though, she was filled with faith and believed in herself, as her son believed in her. Standing, she picked up another book from the table, threw it in the air and successfully froze it mid air. Smiling, Piper looked back at the stairs, then up at the ceiling, as if she could look through it and see Wyatt.
"Thank you," she whispered.
Piper stared at the grandfather clock, watching the second hand tick. Paige had orbed over to Victor's, and he was presently in the nursery with his grandchildren. Phoebe was in the kitchen, making sure that there was enough potion for the sisters in case of attack. Leo had gone to what he called "Up There" to, as he said, "confer with the other Elders".
"What the heck is an Elder?" Piper had asked Leo before he left.
"They are...high beings that know things," he answered, trying to think of something.
"They don't know everything and we normally don't get along with them," Paige added, coming down the stairs, the Book in her arms.
Leo nodded and gave Piper a quick kiss on the cheek. "I better get up there and see what they say, if they have anything to say."
With that, he was gone in a swirl of lights and Piper was left to her lonesome in the living room. She sat there for what seemed like hours, waiting for something to happen. But nothing did. Looking around the room, Piper decided that she should practice her powers so that she would stand a chance in a fight with a demon.
Making sure that no one was near by, she took a deep breath and decided that she wanted to start small and try to freeze something. Piper was still a bit iffy about her powers. Sure, she had thought that it was cool that she froze what Paige had thrown at her, after causing that explosion in the kitchen...
"I could have hurt someone," Piper said to herself. "I could have hurt the boys."
With this in mind, Piper knew that she had to get her powers under control, for her protection and the protection of everyone else. Relaxing, she focused on a book on a table in the living room. Picking it up, she threw it in the air and threw out her hands. Closing her eyes, she prayed that it froze, but became upset when she heard the book explode into pieces.
Opening her eyes, she watched the pieces fall to the ground as a figure orbed into the room. It was Wyatt. He looked confused and worried, and rushed up to his mother to see what the matter was. For being as young as he was, he seemed to know that something was up and that his parents and aunts were not telling him.
"Mom? I heard the noise and wanted to know what was wrong," he said. He saw the remains of the book on the floor. "Is there something wrong with your powers?"
"I'm not sure," she confessed, sitting back on the couch.
Wyatt sat down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. Sometimes our powers aren't nice to us, as Aunt Phoebe says. Besides, something seemed to be bothering you at breakfast. Our powers are connected to our emotions. That could be the reason."
Piper nodded. My emotions? They won't work because I don't have faith in them working.
Wyatt stood and walked toward the stairs. "Don't worry mom. I know what it's like, not being able to control my powers. Chris does too and believe me, if anyone should be worrying, it should be us. We have more powers than you do."
"You do?"
Wyatt laughed. "Yeah. But mom?"
"Yes?"
"I believe in you."
With that, Wyatt was gone up the stairs and Piper was left alone once again. This time, though, she was filled with faith and believed in herself, as her son believed in her. Standing, she picked up another book from the table, threw it in the air and successfully froze it mid air. Smiling, Piper looked back at the stairs, then up at the ceiling, as if she could look through it and see Wyatt.
"Thank you," she whispered.