A/N: Ah, I feel so bad. I haven't posted in like a long time. But I do have an excuse so before you all pelt me with rocks, hear me out. This past weekend my mommy took me shopping for birthday presents cause my birthday is on Friday. And because it's me and I'm very picky, it took all weekend which unfortunately meant limited time to write this story. So, be mad if you will, but I have lots of stuff to do this week. I'd invite you all to my party but I don't think you would want to come all the way to a small town in Colorado just for little ole me. So, yeah, love ya all and please don't kill me. And in case, you're wondering, I'm turning 15. Yeah, I know, hard to believe that someone as young as me can write all this. Well, that's because I have no life. hehe.
"Sydney, Piper's here."
Sydney ran down the stairs. "Bye," Was all she said before slamming the front door behind her. For a split second, she regretted treating her father that way. That is, until she remembered what he had done and instantly the regret was gone. Waving to Piper and Paige in Piper's car, she skipped down her front walk.
Piper laughed when Sydney got into the car, she was wearing a robe that you would see in a painting of ancient Greek gods or something along those lines. "What are you supposed to be?"
Sydney smiled, "A goddess, what else?" Piper shook her head and sped off down the street. "And you?"
"A witch," Piper paused, unconsciously smoothing out her skirt, "Grams always insisted that one of us dress up as a witch for Halloween and it's my turn this year."
Sydney nodded her understanding and turned to Paige, "What about you, Paige?"
Paige turned to look in the back seat at Sydney and said calmly, "An enchantress."
Sydney tilted her head to the side. Paige wore a dark forest green dress, very medieval, not so much enchantress like, "Right."
"It has to do with her messed up fairy tale she made up when she was like 3." Piper said, turning a corner.
"Care to elaborate?"
"No, not really." Paige said the second Piper pulled the car to a stop. Immediately, Paige opened her door and bolted up the short walk into Weiss's house. People were milling about but she just pushed past them and was lost into the crowd.
Piper and Sydney stared after her. Sydney was the first to speak, "Um, okay that was weird."
Piper shrugged and got out of the car, "No, that was Paige."
Sydney got out of the car as well and followed Piper up the walk, "So, what happened to Phoebe?"
"She went with Cole." Piper said, looking through the crowd for Leo. Once she spotted him, a smile broke out on her lips, "Um, I'll catch you later." She said, pushing her way through the crowd.
Sydney laughed to herself, "I feel loved." She muttered, sarcastically.
"Well, would a big plate of homemade cookies make you feel loved?" Vaughn asked, coming up to her and holding the plate in front of him. Sydney's eyes grew wide and she took the plate from him, looking over the contents. A least a dozen of each kind of cookies lay on the plate along with a short note from Claire. "I thought so."
"Me love Mikey so much," She said, throwing one arm around his neck in a make shift hug.
He pulled her off him and looked at her seriously, "I thought if I brought you the cookies, you wouldn't call me that."
"No I said, if you didn't bring them, I would call you that. I never said what I would do if you did." Vaughn's jaw dropped and he stared at her. She laughed, "Okay, okay, no more of the Mikey. I promise."
Vaughn quickly recovered and smiled, "Good."
Sydney smiled too and looked him over, "And what are you supposed to be?" She asked, head tilting to the side a little.
"What's it look like?"
"A hockey player," She said and he nodded, "But the whole point of Halloween is to dress up as someone you're not and you are a hockey player."
He shook his head, "No, I am not just a hockey player, I am a Kings player." The LA Kings were Vaughn's favorite hockey team and he had the dream of one day becoming a Kings player.
"Yeah, but the Kings are a hockey team, so sorry no way, you lose." She countered.
"Ouch, that hurt." He said, pretending to be upset.
She pretended to pout and took the smallest cookie she could find off the plate and handed it to him, "Oh, poor Vaughny. Will a cookie make it better?"
He smiled and took the cookie from her, "Only if you don't call me Vaughny." She laughed, "Okay, okay, no Vaughny either." She reached over and patted his elbow pad, "So what does this do?"
He stared at her, realizing that she was serious, "Okay, that's it, you're coming with me to the rink and you are going to watch my practice and then I'm going to teach you how to play."
"Okay," She said, shrugging, "But it's going to take awhile."
"It's worth it," He answered, and no matter how hard she tried, Sydney couldn't help but blush at his comment. Vaughn smiled at her blush and held back from teasing her about it. She looked so cute when she was being flattered. Hell, she looked cute all the time.
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Paige pushed past people, searching the crowd for Glen, but couldn't seem to spot him anywhere. She sighed, frustrated and whirled around suddenly feeling a hand on her shoulder. The smile on her face faded slightly seeing it was just Richard. "Hey Richard, have you seen Glen?"
Richard nodded slightly, "He's around here somewhere, looking for you most likely."
She smiled wider, "Really? Where?"
"Right here, my lady." Glen said, coming up from behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist, resting his head on her shoulder.
Paige managed to smile wider," What did my prince decide to dress up as for Halloween?" She asked turning around in his arms. "Scream?" She said, noting his appearance. With the mask on, she supposed he seemed just like the killer in the movie Scream, but he had taken the mask off just so she could recognize him. "Cute."
"And what about you?" He asked, nodding towards her dress.
"An enchantress," She answered, proudly, "From a fairy tale I made up when I was little."
"Can I hear it?" The couple seemed to forget that Richard was even there, so he wandered off into the crowd.
She nodded. "Once upon a time, there lived a handsome prince who was about to marry a beautiful maiden. But an evil enchantress with dark powers wanted the prince for herself so she could become Queen and rule the entire kingdom."
"I hate her," Glen put in.
"Really? I always kind of related to her."
"Like I said, I love her." He covered up and added, "Then what happened?"
Paige smiled at his attempt to cover up his mistake and tried not to laugh. "Well, in order to pull off that kind of magic, the evil Enchantress had to wait for a sign that her powers were at their darkest."
"A sign?" He asked.
"Mm-hmm. In the stars, the Prince, his sword, and the three stars that form his crown. Well, once the evil enchantress saw the sign, she locked away the beautiful maiden, and cast a spell on the unsuspecting Prince. 'Bring together my Prince and me, let him fall on bended knee. I summon... I summon...' I can never remember the end of it"
"Let me guess, the prince defeats the evil enchantress, he married the beautiful maiden and live happily ever after, right?"
She shook her head, "Nah-mm, actually the evil enchantress bore an heir, killed the prince, and ruled the kingdom forever."
"What kind of fairy tale is that?" He asked, with a laugh.
"It's just one that kinda stayed with me for as long as I can remember. I told you I was a weird kid."
"Like I said, I love that fairy tale."
Paige smiled and laughed, "Suck up."
Glen laughed as well, "You like it."
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"Leo!" Piper yelled, trying to get his attention and pushing through all the people. Where did Weiss find all these people? Half of them don't even go to our school. She wondered, accidentally pushing a red headed girl into some guy and causing them both to be drenched in their drinks. After mumbling a quick "sorry" Piper started pushing her way through again. She was so intent on getting through the crowd that she didn't see what she was doing and ran into someone, a Leo someone.
"Hey," He said, catching her before she toppled into him completely. Smiling and brushing a stray piece of hair out of her eyes, Piper replied, "Hey yourself."
"Bout time you got here." Leo teased.
With a little defiant shake of her head, Piper said, "Well it would be easier if Weiss didn't have so many people packed into his house."
"Well, Weiss doesn't really invite people. He tells some people, who tell other people, and then it gets spread around. I'm pretty sure that most the people here don't even know his name." Leo glanced around at all the people, noting that some of the people there, i.e. Lauren and Sark, didn't even like Weiss all that much and yet they were at his house.
Piper laughed, "His parents must be very understanding."
"His parents probably don't even know about the party."
"Okay, so enough about our friend who obviously needs some help, and more about us."
Leo smiled, "What about us?"
"Well, why are you a WWII soldier for Halloween?"
Leo looked down at his costume for a split second before answering, "My grandfather served in WWII. He died in the Battle of Guadalcanal. I was named after him."
Piper smiled and played with the dog tags hanging from his neck, "That explains the dog tags then."
"Right," He said, grabbing her hand, "So what about you? Any special reason you decided to be a witch for Halloween?"
"How did you know?" Piper asked, surprised. She hadn't told him yet and her costume wasn't that obvious. It wasn't like she had a glue-on wart and a broom.
"I have my ways."
"Do you now?"
"Yes, I do," He confirmed, then added, "And you didn't answer my question."
"My Grams always wanted us to dress up as witches. She was very particular that at least one of us be a witch, and it's my turn this year." She explained.
"You're Grams must really have a thing for witches."
"Well, she was into all that new-age stuff. You know Wicca and spirit boards, things like that. We actually have a spirit board that she gave us from our Mom. It has the strangest inscription on the back."
"What does the inscription say?" He asked.
She laughed, "You seem very interested in my Grams' thing for witches, as you called it."
He shrugged, "I just want to know everything about you and you seem like you were really close to her."
She smiled, "That's sweet but can we not focus on my Grams. Maybe some other time."
"Okay."
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"So this is Weiss's place," Phoebe said, looking around at all the people.
Cole came up behind her and gently placed his hand on the small of her back, "Yeah, it's just a little crowded."
Phoebe laughed, "A little?"
Cole laughed as well, "Okay maybe a lot crowded." Phoebe leaned back slightly into his hand and he noticed, "Do you wanna dance?"
Not exactly what she wanted to here from him but close enough, "Yeah, that'd be okay."
Smiling, Cole led her into the crowd of people. "So why did you decide to dress up as a girl in the Twenties?"
Phoebe shrugged, her hips moving along with the beat of the music, "I don't know. I've always had this weird connection with the Twenties. Probably because my great-grandmother and two of my great-aunts owned a speakeasy in the Twenties. And the Twenties were a classic period in time."
"So was the Great Depression."
Phoebe, "uh"ed, and smacked him in the arm lightly, "And what about you mister, what's with the angel get up?"
"It was the only thing the costume place had." Cole said.
Phoebe nodded, "So are you?"
"Am I what?"
"An angel?"
"Me?" Phoebe nodded, "No, not really."
Phoebe moved closer to him, "Good, neither am I."
Cole was about to say more but was interrupted by the growing number of people chanting "fight, fight, fight." Phoebe and Cole exchanged glances and headed over to where the fight was taking place, along with the rest of the party.
A/N: Haha, cliff hanger! Me so evil! Me so proud of me evilness! Me need to stop calling self me! hehe
syad yniar- Well, I heard that he wasn't given a contract for next year, so that is the same as ditching him in my mind. I have wierd bursts of inspiration sometimes, and then before I have the chance to write it down, it's gone. Very fwustwating. and yes it's supposed to be spelled like that. It would be suicide if Piper and Leo aren't back together by the first episode. I would personally track down Brad Kern and hurt him myself if that was to happen.
pyschokitty3- ::smacks self in the forehead:: I cannot believe I forgot about the double date thing. I am so incredibly blonde, usually a fact that I am proud of. But there will be a double date. There has to be a double date. Yeah, I just realized that Sydney wasn't exactly like she is on Alias when I was reading over what I had written so far to make sure I was staying consistant with my story. I hate writers that don't know the meaning of continuance. grrr. they seem to have a problem with that on Charmed sometimes. I mean Victor has like six different last names. And as far as we know, he isn't really a spy. But you never know. hmmmm
JanaRose- Some wierd things are going down at the Halliwell manor, and the Bristow place come to think of it. Sydney's wierd letter, Piper and Paige's wacky phones. hmmm. I'm not very good at the whole cryptic thing. It comes out more sarcastic. hehe. that's my new phrase, hehe. I use it all the time. hehe
LeoPiper24/7- Yes, there was finally Piper and Leo in this chapter. My muse has forgiven me, of course, after I threatened to fire her, she seemed to be very eager to give me inspiration. apparently blackmail works on everyone. hehe, S/V(or D) so cute together! and can't tell you who called. it's a secret. hehe
neoripley- I can't believe that Nick Lachey is going to be on Charmed. I want Drew Fuller. I want Chris. I'm sure that most Charmed fans would choose Chris over whatever character Lachey is gonna play. ABC is making so mad that I am just about ready to march to LA and force them to show Alias. No one cares about home makeover shows if we don't get our Alias. I am so thankful that the WB is taking mercy upon my poor soul and showing Charmed reruns. ABC on the other hand is going to rot in hell if they don't start showing some Alias and fast. ::deep breath:: okay, enough ranting for now. You are a good person if you put up with this rant.
p3charmed4eva- lol, who were you talking to about the phone call thing. just curious tis all. and who is behind the calls is a secret. i ain't telling. i love that word, aint. it's not a real word and yet it is in the dictionary. in my book, that makes it a real word.
Lost Darkness- Yeah, me like Sydney better this way. I just realized that she wasn't like she was on the TV show. Oh well, this is how she was in her teen years before Sd-6 and all that crap. except for Vaughn. he will never be among the ranks of crap unless he goes back to that cow Lauren. then someone at ABC is gonna be answering to me and my wrath, which is not pretty. you're welcome for the tip. if you ever need any other tips, i'm chalk full of them. just let me know.
charmedandbhfan- Yay, more people have been brought into the great and confusing world of Alias. thanks!
onetreehill4eva- maybe the call came from the future, maybe it didn't. can't say. I take it by your pen name that you're a one tree hill fan. Is that a good show? i want to see it but haven't gotten around to it yet. and I want someone's opinion on it.
Charmed-angel4- The sad thing is, I understood all of that. hehe. I hate Nick Lachey too! I am so p.o.ed that they killed my Chris and are bringing in a singer, who can't sing all that great, and who isn't even an actor. grrrr. me want them die! I'm sure who "them" is yet, but when I do, they will pay for their sins against Charmed. Sorry if my ranting disturbs you. I don't mean to frighten people. It just happens.