Disclaimer: Still don't own anything...sigh...but I own the overly dramatic
(and cough cough, unrealistic) plot to this story, little Prue, Mel, and
Colin. MINE! MWAHAHA!!
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"WYATT, WATCH OUT!"
The car blew its horn, just about to hit Wyatt since he was arrogantly riding in the middle of the street. The car was just about to hit him when Chris shoved him out of the way—and disappeared with him. (A/N—Ha ha, got you!! The tragedy's not till the next chapter...or the next one...aw, darn, I dunno when, but it's comin!! Maybe when you LEAST EXPECT IT...don't kill me!!)
The four remaining kids stood dumbstruck, watching the car as it slammed on the brakes. The driver of the car stumbled out of the door. "Did I hit anyone? Is everything okay?"
Bianca was the first to look around. "Where did they...?" She obviously spotted them because she gave the driver a smile and said, "Of course you didn't hit anyone, we were all on the sidewalk. Are you okay, sir?"
"Y-Yes...but there were two boys a moment ago, I swear—"
"Well, they're not here now," said Bianca, shrugging. "I didn't see any boys in the street, did you guys?"
Mel, Prue, and Colin shook their heads. "Nope, everyone's on the sidewalk."
The driver gave them a bewildered stare and slowly got into the car, driving away.
"Told you so," Piper cried, running over to them before Phoebe and Paige could say anything in their defense. "Oh my god, what the hell just happened?"
"Chris! Wyatt!" Bianca screamed, running across the street and towards a bush.
Wyatt and Chris were tangled in the bush together, spitting out dirt and grass.
"Are you guys alright?" asked Bianca, catching up to them. "You were both nearly hit by that car, how'd you get out so fast?"
"Rapid acceleration," said Wyatt, grinning. "It looks like Chris got a new power. Thanks, little bro, you saved me there." He glanced at Chris and his pride for his little brother quickly changed to concern. "You're bleeding, Chris, your shoulder..."
"Nah, it's okay," he blew it off. Wyatt stood and helped Chris to his feet. Chris winced but grinned. "What's it called?"
"Rapid acceleration," Wyatt repeated. "Cool, huh? It's when a person can speed up really fast. I guess the elders gave you a new power! Hey, are you sure that you don't want me to heal that for you? It looks kinda bad..."
"We're in broad daylight right now, maybe when we get home," Chris suggested. "I'm not missing practice. But from now on, can you PLEASE avoid dawdling around in the middle of the street? Honestly, Wy...you could've been killed..."
"Hey, are we going or what?" called Mel from across the street. She and Prue and Colin still stood there, not allowed to cross the street since they were too young. (As Mel once put it, "We can vanquish demons but we can't cross the streets by ourselves—how twisted can out parents get?")
"Yeah, we're going," Chris yelled back, getting up on his skateboard again. He gave Wyatt a look. "Promise?"
"I promise I won't run out in the street like a moron," Wyatt said sarcastically, holding up his right hand, "boy scout's honor."
"You're not a boy scout," said Mel pointedly.
"Exactly," Wyatt replied with a grin.
"Rapid acceleration?" asked Piper, staring at them. "I've never heard of that power."
"I have," said Phoebe. "I can't remember where, but it was in the Book of Shadows, I think. Well, it's pretty cool. Nice time to get it, to..."
"Um, we're never gonna catch them. BRIAN!" Paige yelled.
"He's at the pool, you idiot!" Piper protested. In truth, though, she really wasn't keen of seeing the whitelighter again after what he'd done. No matter how many times she reminded her self that he was just doing his job, she couldn't shake of the anger she felt.
To their surprise, Prue orbed in.
"PRUE!" Piper shrieked. "Oh my god, you have WINGS!?"
Prue grinned and hugged her younger sister. "Yeah, isn't that what Brian said?"
"I didn't think...I mean, I wasn't...paying attention...Prue, you're a whitelighter! I can't believe it!"
Phoebe joined in on the group hug as well.
"Hey, are you the little sister I've been hearing so much about?" Prue asked, smiling broadly and giving Paige a hug. Paige hugged her back gratefully. "You're so cute!" Prue exclaimed. "Just like I imagined it..."
"We've missed you so much!" said Phoebe.
"Yeah, I've missed you too." Prue looked up ahead, realizing that the kids were far ahead of them. "Okay, travel time! Take my hands, I'll get you to Brian." She orbed them into the pool just in time, once again, to see their kids' arrival.
"C'mon, you guys, get in the pool," Brian said lamely. He seemed a little out of it, not sad, just...put out.
"Seriously, get in or I'll make you guys do a hard set," he tried to joke, forcing a small smile. "Halliwells...hurry up..."
Chris passed him on the way to the pool deck and gave him a slightly bewildered look. "You okay, coach? You look...I dunno, weird."
"I'm fine," Brian assured him. When Chris turned he saw the gash on his shoulder. "What happened to you? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little incident with Wyatt's stupidity," he said with a smirk.
"You sure you don't want to sit out of practice? That's gotta hurt."
"Nah, it's...normal," Chris said with a slight wince at his bad lying.
Piper scoffed. "Like me, he's obviously well aware that no matter HOW many times you say that, you're never 'normal' in the Wicca world."
Once the kids were in the water, Brian ran up to the sisters. "PLEASE don't tell me you just changed something, please! What the hell just happened to him? I hope you know that every single time that you—"
"Brian, calm down...that was fate, not their doing," Prue assured him. She turned to them, rolling her eyes and "coughing" something along the lines of "paranoid, paranoid" before looking back at Brian. "The elders would find out if they did anything else and trust me, you'd be the first one they'd tell."
Brian looked at Chris again, now swimming slower than usual because of his shoulder, and shook his head. "I sure hope so..." He did a double-take at the lane Chris was swimming in. Chris just automatically popped from one end of the pool to another and looked quite surprised with himself.
"What the hell was that!?" Brian demanded, voice straining. Piper opened up her mouth to explain but Brian held up an impatient hand. "I know what it is, it's rapid acceleration—so much for the elders TELLING me when something important happens! My charge just got a new power and it looks like I'm the last to know!"
There was a long pause as Brian caught his breath and returned to watching the kids swim.
"Brian..." Chris came up from behind him, shaking a bit. "Um...I think I'm just gonna go home today...There's, uh, something I forgot to do."
"You sure you're fine?"
"Yeah...just a little dizzy," said Chris with a distant expression, grabbing his skateboard. "I'll probably be back for afternoon practice. See ya."
"Be careful," Brian said sternly.
Chris nodded slowly, walking away.
"It's the new power," Prue explained. "I guess he's been doing that more than once since we started talking. It probably made him dizzy since he was going so fast."
"Yeah, but he'll get used to it sooner or later," said Piper, watching Chris leave with a hint of concern on her face.
"Hm..."
A/N: MWAHAHA! I fooled you...no tragedy!! Well, actually, I had all intention of writing a catastrophe in this chappie but I got sidetracked by the ice cream man...(drools)...not. I really just thought that it would be too soon for yet another tragedy in their sad, angst-filled lives.
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"WYATT, WATCH OUT!"
The car blew its horn, just about to hit Wyatt since he was arrogantly riding in the middle of the street. The car was just about to hit him when Chris shoved him out of the way—and disappeared with him. (A/N—Ha ha, got you!! The tragedy's not till the next chapter...or the next one...aw, darn, I dunno when, but it's comin!! Maybe when you LEAST EXPECT IT...don't kill me!!)
The four remaining kids stood dumbstruck, watching the car as it slammed on the brakes. The driver of the car stumbled out of the door. "Did I hit anyone? Is everything okay?"
Bianca was the first to look around. "Where did they...?" She obviously spotted them because she gave the driver a smile and said, "Of course you didn't hit anyone, we were all on the sidewalk. Are you okay, sir?"
"Y-Yes...but there were two boys a moment ago, I swear—"
"Well, they're not here now," said Bianca, shrugging. "I didn't see any boys in the street, did you guys?"
Mel, Prue, and Colin shook their heads. "Nope, everyone's on the sidewalk."
The driver gave them a bewildered stare and slowly got into the car, driving away.
"Told you so," Piper cried, running over to them before Phoebe and Paige could say anything in their defense. "Oh my god, what the hell just happened?"
"Chris! Wyatt!" Bianca screamed, running across the street and towards a bush.
Wyatt and Chris were tangled in the bush together, spitting out dirt and grass.
"Are you guys alright?" asked Bianca, catching up to them. "You were both nearly hit by that car, how'd you get out so fast?"
"Rapid acceleration," said Wyatt, grinning. "It looks like Chris got a new power. Thanks, little bro, you saved me there." He glanced at Chris and his pride for his little brother quickly changed to concern. "You're bleeding, Chris, your shoulder..."
"Nah, it's okay," he blew it off. Wyatt stood and helped Chris to his feet. Chris winced but grinned. "What's it called?"
"Rapid acceleration," Wyatt repeated. "Cool, huh? It's when a person can speed up really fast. I guess the elders gave you a new power! Hey, are you sure that you don't want me to heal that for you? It looks kinda bad..."
"We're in broad daylight right now, maybe when we get home," Chris suggested. "I'm not missing practice. But from now on, can you PLEASE avoid dawdling around in the middle of the street? Honestly, Wy...you could've been killed..."
"Hey, are we going or what?" called Mel from across the street. She and Prue and Colin still stood there, not allowed to cross the street since they were too young. (As Mel once put it, "We can vanquish demons but we can't cross the streets by ourselves—how twisted can out parents get?")
"Yeah, we're going," Chris yelled back, getting up on his skateboard again. He gave Wyatt a look. "Promise?"
"I promise I won't run out in the street like a moron," Wyatt said sarcastically, holding up his right hand, "boy scout's honor."
"You're not a boy scout," said Mel pointedly.
"Exactly," Wyatt replied with a grin.
"Rapid acceleration?" asked Piper, staring at them. "I've never heard of that power."
"I have," said Phoebe. "I can't remember where, but it was in the Book of Shadows, I think. Well, it's pretty cool. Nice time to get it, to..."
"Um, we're never gonna catch them. BRIAN!" Paige yelled.
"He's at the pool, you idiot!" Piper protested. In truth, though, she really wasn't keen of seeing the whitelighter again after what he'd done. No matter how many times she reminded her self that he was just doing his job, she couldn't shake of the anger she felt.
To their surprise, Prue orbed in.
"PRUE!" Piper shrieked. "Oh my god, you have WINGS!?"
Prue grinned and hugged her younger sister. "Yeah, isn't that what Brian said?"
"I didn't think...I mean, I wasn't...paying attention...Prue, you're a whitelighter! I can't believe it!"
Phoebe joined in on the group hug as well.
"Hey, are you the little sister I've been hearing so much about?" Prue asked, smiling broadly and giving Paige a hug. Paige hugged her back gratefully. "You're so cute!" Prue exclaimed. "Just like I imagined it..."
"We've missed you so much!" said Phoebe.
"Yeah, I've missed you too." Prue looked up ahead, realizing that the kids were far ahead of them. "Okay, travel time! Take my hands, I'll get you to Brian." She orbed them into the pool just in time, once again, to see their kids' arrival.
"C'mon, you guys, get in the pool," Brian said lamely. He seemed a little out of it, not sad, just...put out.
"Seriously, get in or I'll make you guys do a hard set," he tried to joke, forcing a small smile. "Halliwells...hurry up..."
Chris passed him on the way to the pool deck and gave him a slightly bewildered look. "You okay, coach? You look...I dunno, weird."
"I'm fine," Brian assured him. When Chris turned he saw the gash on his shoulder. "What happened to you? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little incident with Wyatt's stupidity," he said with a smirk.
"You sure you don't want to sit out of practice? That's gotta hurt."
"Nah, it's...normal," Chris said with a slight wince at his bad lying.
Piper scoffed. "Like me, he's obviously well aware that no matter HOW many times you say that, you're never 'normal' in the Wicca world."
Once the kids were in the water, Brian ran up to the sisters. "PLEASE don't tell me you just changed something, please! What the hell just happened to him? I hope you know that every single time that you—"
"Brian, calm down...that was fate, not their doing," Prue assured him. She turned to them, rolling her eyes and "coughing" something along the lines of "paranoid, paranoid" before looking back at Brian. "The elders would find out if they did anything else and trust me, you'd be the first one they'd tell."
Brian looked at Chris again, now swimming slower than usual because of his shoulder, and shook his head. "I sure hope so..." He did a double-take at the lane Chris was swimming in. Chris just automatically popped from one end of the pool to another and looked quite surprised with himself.
"What the hell was that!?" Brian demanded, voice straining. Piper opened up her mouth to explain but Brian held up an impatient hand. "I know what it is, it's rapid acceleration—so much for the elders TELLING me when something important happens! My charge just got a new power and it looks like I'm the last to know!"
There was a long pause as Brian caught his breath and returned to watching the kids swim.
"Brian..." Chris came up from behind him, shaking a bit. "Um...I think I'm just gonna go home today...There's, uh, something I forgot to do."
"You sure you're fine?"
"Yeah...just a little dizzy," said Chris with a distant expression, grabbing his skateboard. "I'll probably be back for afternoon practice. See ya."
"Be careful," Brian said sternly.
Chris nodded slowly, walking away.
"It's the new power," Prue explained. "I guess he's been doing that more than once since we started talking. It probably made him dizzy since he was going so fast."
"Yeah, but he'll get used to it sooner or later," said Piper, watching Chris leave with a hint of concern on her face.
"Hm..."
A/N: MWAHAHA! I fooled you...no tragedy!! Well, actually, I had all intention of writing a catastrophe in this chappie but I got sidetracked by the ice cream man...(drools)...not. I really just thought that it would be too soon for yet another tragedy in their sad, angst-filled lives.