A/N: This chapter is much longer. I hope you enjoy reading it!

Together Forever As One
Chapter 32: Witchy Tales

"Mom?!" Pearl yelled. She dashed in and out of the the rooms, in the Halliwell Manor. "Mom?!" She screamed again. "Aunt Piper?! Aunt Prue?! Aunt Phoebe?! Dad?!" She screamed, at the top of her lungs. She finally fell to the floor and gasped for breath. She'd been running and yelling non-stop for about 25 minutes now. I feel so tired. She thought, as she began to feel hot and salty tears form in her eyes. "Uncle Leo? Uncle Cole?" She asked, this time in a quiet tone. Suddenly she heard a scream from down stairs. Oh no! She thought, with dread. Even though she was only 5-years- old, she knew what screams like that meant in her house, and she was the eldest at the moment. She bounced to her feet and dashed out the door, down the stairs, and into the living room.

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Phiona had her hands stretched out, orbs flowing in a steady stream from each palm, and the orbs were wrapped around the demon; keeping him in a telekinetic-orb lock. She looked tired though.

"Phiona, it's okay!" Pearl yelled, once in the room. She held out her hands, creating 2 bright balls of white light. She pushed her hands forward, throwing the balls of light with all the strength that she could muster. She watched as her exploding light balls hit the demon, simotaniously, with full force and on impact they both exploded into a magnificent vanquish.

Phiona fell back to the ground, as the orbs vanished from the air, where the demon used to be. She was breathing heavily.

Pearl rushed to her cousin's side. "Phiona, are you okay?" She asked, as she took her cousin's hand.

Phiona nodded. "Yeah..I guess I'm just not used to keeping a telekinetic-orb lock on a demon of that size for so long." She murmured.

"I'm sorry....I should've got here sooner, since I'm the only one with an 'insta-kill' power." Pearl apologized.

"No, it's okay." Phiona said, as she got to her feet.

"Sure?" Pearl asked.

Phiona nodded and turned to her cousins. "Are you guys okay?" She asked.

Pam, who was holding Pandora, nodded. "Pearl...Me wants to know why eveyone be gone." Pam said, with a confused look.

Pearl walked over to Pam and picked Pandora from Pam's arms. "I dunno. We should probably go check the Book of Shadows." She suggested.

Pam's eyes got huge. "Pearl!" She screamed, as she dove into her cousin's arms. As soon as she had a grip around her cousin's waist, she shimmered them out, barely missing a large energy ball.

Phiona spun around and held out her hands, letting orbs shoot from her palms and surround the energy ball, then reverse the energy ball's direction.

Pam shimmered herself and Pearl, who was still holding Pandora, onto the sofa.

Pearl and Pam poked their heads over the edge of the sofa to see the energy ball, which was surrounded in blue and white orbs, smash into the demon and vanquish him.

Pandora started to whimper.

Pearl gently rocked her baby cousin. "It'll be okay. We're gonna get Auntie Prue back for you." She said, with a smile.

Phiona turned and walked over to the sofa. "Thanks for shimmering out without me." She said, in a sarcastic tone. She was only joking though and she knew that her cousins knew it as well.

"Well you wasn't in da paf of da enewgy ball." Pam retorted, with a roll of her eyes.

Phiona grabbed Pam's hand and then grabbed onto Pearl's shoulder. "Okay Pam, take us to the attic." She said.

Pam nodded and shimmered herself and her cousins out.

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Pam shimmered them into the attic.

Phiona released her hold on her cousins.

"The book." Pearl said, as she looked at the Book of Shadows. "Phiona, can you get it down for us?" She asked.

Phiona held out her hands and watched the blue and white orbs shoot out of her palms, then they swirled around the Book of Shadows, and lifted the book off it's stand; within moments, the orbs had carried the book to the ground, then the orbs vanished.

"Thanks." Pearl said. She walked over to Phiona and placed Pandora in Phiona's arms, then she walked over to the book and kneeled to the ground. She began flipping through the pages.

"What exactly are we looking for?" Phiona asked.

Pearl shrugged. The truth was, she didn't have a clue, but she didn't want to scare her little cousins.

"Phiona, can you read faiwy tales to us?" Pam asked, with a hopeful look.

"Pam, we...." Phiona began, but was cut off by Pearl's voice.

"Hey, yeah! Phiona, go get the big fairy tale book and 'read' it." Pearl said.

Phiona nodded. "Sure." She said. Her nor Pearl could read that well yet, but she knew that Pearl just wanted to make Pam happy and take her mind off their missing family. I guess I can just read it from memory. She thought, as she turned and walked out of the attic.

Pam scurried out after Phiona.

Pearl continued to flip through the book. "Mom...." She whispered.

Minutes later Phiona and Pam came running back into the attic.

Phiona turned around, shifted Pam into her left arm, and wave her right hand; orbs shot from her hand and hit the attic door, shutting it, then the orbs vanished. She turned around and walked over to Pearl, then sat down.

Pam was already seated. She happily opened the book of fairy tales to the first story, 'Sleeping Beauty'. Pam happily pointed to the pretty pictures. "Read! Read!" She said, with joy.

Phiona looked at the first page and began to read what she'd remember her mother read to her. Moments later she flipped the page and continued to repeat what she'd heard so many times before.

"Look at the pretty fairies!" Pam said. She pointed to each of the 3 faires and grinned, then flipped the page. Suddenly her mouth dropped open. "Look! It's Auntie Prue!" She gasped, as she saw the adult version of the princess.

Phiona grabbed the book and stared. "Look, it's Aunt Prue's face!" Phiona gasped.

Pandora giggled as she looked at the picture.

Pearl blinked and grabbed the book of fairy tales. "That's what Aunt Prue dressed up for, for Halloween!" She announced. Wait! I wonder if Aunt Piper, Aunt Phoebe, and mom have their faces in the book too? She mentally asked herself. She flipped through the pages until she came to the beginning of, 'Cinderella'. She looked at the picture of Cinerella as a young girl, then flipped the page, and gasped. "Look, it's Aunt Piper!" She cried out.

"Mom?!" Phiona gaped, as she snatched the book back from Pearl. "Look! It is mom!" She said.

Pearl pulled the book back and flipped through the pages until she came to, 'Beauty And The Beast'. She pointed pictures. "Look! It's Aunt Phoebe!" She said.

"Mommy?! Where?!" Pam said, with excitement. She shimmered out and then shimmered in, behind Pearl, peering over Pearl's shoulder. "Hey! It is mommy! But why is mommy in da book of fairy tales?" She asked.

"I have no idea...." Pearl said. Then she flipped through the pages again, until she came to the last fairy tale, 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs'. She ruffled through the pages until she came to the adult version of Snow White. "Look! Mom!" She said, as she pointed to the picture of who should be Snow White on the well, but she looked like Paige.

"It is Aunt Paige!" Phiona said.

"But why are they in the fairy tale book?" Pearl asked, out loud, to nobody specific.

TO BE CONTINUED....