A/N: O_o another chapter has come….and yes I have something to say. I'M SORRY. Yes….CF12 gave me a kick in the head and made me realize what I was doing. I'M SORRY. I had no idea that I was holding it this long…….ehhh I thought that I had to put all those details in and I didn't want to bore the audience with long chapters. I'M SORRY. I should have made the story shorter…and now I PROMISE you this shall be the chapter that Sam recognizes the person glaring at her in the eye…Piper. I'M SOOO SORRY. Thank you CF12. Thank you reviewers. Again…geez I'M REALLY REALLY SORRY!
Summary: This is an A/U fic. What if the Elders never let Piper and Leo get married? What if they forbid them from having any kind of relationship? And they followed the rules, except that Piper still got pregnant. So what if their daughter had the exact same story Paige had? Piper and Leo had to give their powerful daughter away to another family...and they were never the same.……time passes by, and a chain of events….leads Piper's daughter and the Halliwells to another exciting, and emotional adventure.
Disclaimer: I do not own the show or any of the characters, except for some that you don't recognize
Separation- Chapter 10
Artemis collapsed on their hall floor. He clutched his heart, just like he was in the position that he orbed out from. He clenched his teeth in pain as he tried to whisper his beloved partner's name. "Apolla…….Apolla….." he whispered. His breathing was already ragged from all the aches he had been feeling from the senses he'd been getting from Apolla. He gathered all his strength together to weakly walk the few steps to the kitchen. The whole house was pitch black except for the one weak bulb in the middle of the kitchen hanging above the center table. He looked all around for Apolla, looking to see where she was.
His pains were getting weaker, but he kept worrying because it could only mean one of two things. One: Apolla was getting better, or was getting healed and the pain was going away. Or two: she was close to dying. He hurried as fast as he could and then fell on all fours when he got to the kitchen. He looked all around him, crawling and searching for Apolla. He heard one little slight groan to his left. He turned to the direction and gasped when he saw the sight in front of him. Apolla was lying against the wall, arrow buried in the flesh of her abdomen, blood spreading all over the floor.
"APOLLA!" Artemis exclaimed, his strength coming back to him as he hurried to her side. He took her hand and squeezed it. "Apolla? Apolla….." he whispered again and again. Apolla gasped slightly and then opened her eyes to turn to Artemis. "Arty…" she whispered, her voice sounding weak. Artemis laid a hand over her mouth. "Shhhh…don't speak. You're already weak. I'll heal you….no need to worry……" he whispered, almost in tears. He got up for a slight second, and ripped part of his shirt off. He took the piece of cloth and wrapped it around his hand, then with the covering, wrapped his hand around the body of the arrow. He needed protection, since darklighter poison was hazardous to him too.
"This is going to hurt a little….." he whispered. He took a deep breath, and pulled the arrow out as fast as he could. Apolla let out a shriek, feeling the terrible pain of the pulling. Artemis threw the arrow away as soon as he pulled it out of her. He held his hands over the wound and his hands started to glow brightly. He concentrated as hard as he could but try as he might, the wound would not heal. He kept on trying to heal her for the next few minutes, until Apolla lifted her hand and pushed his away from her.
"Artemis…..it's…….too late for…….me now…….." she whispered in a soft voice, breathing between every group of words. Artemis shook his head in denial, and didn't accept that she wasn't healing. "No…Apolla no. It's not your time….you can't leave me……not yet……" he said, his voice breaking down slowly. Apolla gave a small laugh. "Arty……you know that we seniors…..always know when it's someone's time…..and I can feel that it's mine….and I know you…..can feel it too." She said weakly. Artemis closed his eyes tight, squeezed her hand and held it tightly to his forehead while his tears poured out.
"It's not funny to me….."
"I know honey……I know….."
"I don't want to lose you…..you were the best friend I ever had…I love you Apolla….."
"You know I love you just as well…..but….it's…my destiny….."
Artemis couldn't talk through his tears. He kept silent and Apolla could hear his tears. She squeezed Artemis's hand back and took a deep breath. Artemis got over his grief and had an angry look on his face when he faced Apolla again. "Who did this……WHO did it?" he said vigorously. Apolla's eyes went back to worry and she took more deep breaths. "Darklighter….after…..Sam." she said. Artemis's senses suddenly went back up. "Sam? What…..I ….who….." he had so many questions in his mind from the sudden info.
"Darklighter….wants her power…..wants….power……"
"Who was it?"
"Don't know…..he attacked. I……you have to protect her Artemis……he's after her….he could kill her."
"But he won't sense her….he can't. And as long as I'm standing he'll never know….."
"Artemis. The binding spell…….it works only on the two of us. If….When I……pass…..her witch powers will come back…..and darklighter…will…..unh…." Apolla stopped, her feeling the urge to just let go of her life. "You have to save her." She said finally. Artemis nodded and kissed her hand once more. "I can't imagine living without…..you."
"Oh don't worry Arty. Looks like you two will be in heaven together soon enough!" a voice said suddenly behind the both of them. Artemis sat up suddenly, startled by the sudden voice. He whirled around and saw the chin-long dirty blonde with the nearly shaved beard and the Australian accent. His eyes suddenly went cold as he saw the darklighter heading towards him. "You….sick bastard……" he whispered. He glanced to Apolla and saw her chest rising and falling, the speed getting slower and slower. "You did this to her……"
"Oh Artemis….Artemis. What did your parents tell you about bad language? Never got taught eh? Well maybe you should say hello to them in the afterlife, since that's where you're going after I'm done oh well….stealing your power and killing both you and the woman." Spencer said while laughing his head off. Artemis just glared at him for the longest time. "You'll pay." He said quietly. Spencer laughed even more. "Oh just wait."
Spencer then made the crystal appear in his hand. Artemis was shocked by the sudden appearance. The crystal was blinking and shining brightly. "Ahhh yes…power level 8's…..I love hunting for the seniors. They're so easy to get." He said. Artemis was now wanting to tear the darklighter's head off. He was startled by Spencer's next move. Spencer then threw the crystal in the air and then caught it. He shot his arm out and held the crystal towards Apolla. Artemis's eyes widened as he saw the horrible move Spencer had made. A light came from Apolla and she gasped a little before a transparent version of her lifted up from her body and got sucked right into the crystal.
Artemis screamed in fear and ran back to Apolla's side. She was ice cold and was not living anymore. "Apolla? APOLLA!" Artemis was shocked by what just happened. He then saw a white light lift out of Apolla and went out into the air. He knew that it was Sam's power, going to search for her.
"It's no use whitelighter. I have her soul and her powers. Oh, Arkon is going to be OH SO PROUD." He said sarcastically. Artemis could feel the anger in his veins pumping and his blood boiling. This evil darklighter had just stolen his partner's soul, and she was no more. "You're going to pay…..I swear it. You'll live to regret what you've done….."
"Oh but see whitelighter. You're nothing. I now have her power, and her soul, which means that half of the binding spell from that GIRL has gone away. The girl now has her witch powers back, and once I'm finished with you, she'll have her whitelighter genes initiated as well which means……darklighter poison will be as deadly to her as it will to both of you. Her power is mine. Your power is mine. Give it up. You've lost."
"You'll never get Sam. You'll have to get through me first……I swear that you'll never get her!!! Not while I'm alive!!"
"Exactly why I have to kill you." Spencer said deviously. Artemis stood up strongly, and fists formed in his hands. His eyebrows were arched in a certain way and his eyes were evilly glaring at Spencer. Spencer merely laughed. He then mockingly sniffed the air. "Ahhhh…..I can feel the girl's presence already…..and….her location. Guess I'll be stopping at…..P3 next." He said. Artemis couldn't hold his anger anymore. He gave a sort of war cry and charged at Spencer. Spencer stood his ground and he took a deep breath.
"Come and get me."
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Sam had been dancing for hours. She hadn't noticed that time had passed so quickly. Neither did the other three girls. They were all too busy having fun that they totally forgot about their worries. Arnold smiled as the he and Sam danced lively. Sam blushed as she saw Arnold glance at her every now and then. She glanced at her watch. 10:49. They had been at the club since 7. She merely shrugged and went back to dancing. She was starting to regret having said all those things to Alyssa about getting caught and about worrying so much.
After a few dances they finally got tired. Arnold kept smiling longingly at Sam and grabbed her hand. Sam flinched at the sudden warmness of his hand, and felt nice that she had a guy who was sort of like protecting her. They walked together, still holding hands to the couch way in the back that Alyssa and Tyler had saved for all eight of them. Arnold and Sam sat down on the couch next to each other while Holly, Bobby, Karis, and Richard came along.
"This was great! And what's best is that we haven't gotten caught yet!" Richard screamed over the noise. The other seven nodded their heads in agreement. Sam laid back on the couch, feeling tired from all the activity she'd been involved in the past few hours. Arnold stretched back and put his arm over her shoulder. "I'm really glad you came tonight." He said calmly. Sam turned bright red.
"Yeah….me too." She said. Arnold smiled and stared in her eyes.
"Yeah…..you know Sam…..I just wanted to say….that….I've…ummmmm." Arnold hesitated. Sam lifted an eyebrow, still clueless to what he was about to say. "Ummmmm…." Arnold continued. "Ever since you were in my AP US History Class when I was a Junior and you were a Freshman….I kinda really had a big crush on you." He muttered. Sam's eyes widened. "You…on ME?" she said with the most surprised tone she had ever had. Arnold smirked and nodded. "Yeah….I mean….you're smart…..and funny…..and really….pretty. I just really liked you….but I dunno. I didn't think you would wanna go out with me."
"Well…..I kind of liked you too….I've had a crush on you ever since the beginning of freshman year….."she said blushing even more than she as before, if it was possible. Arnold grinned and so did Sam. They totally ignored the other people and their other friends in the club. Sam scooted closer to Arnold and laid her head on him. Arnold smiled as he wrapped her arm around her and they just sat in silence, savoring the nice moment.
"Hey you two lovebirds!!" Karis shouted from the other end of the couch. Arnold and Sam suddenly sat up and glanced at the other six. They both blushed as they saw the others staring at them, rolling their eyes. "We're gonna get a few drinks!!! Cokes I guess?" Karis added to her call. Everyone nodded their heads. "Yep…..no alcohol for us….." Holly said sternly. Bobby seemed to nod in agreement. Sam hesitated.
"Wait….how are we gonna get it in the first place? The bar's probably gonna check for i.d…." she said. Richard pulled out his wallet and pulled out his driver's license. "Got a fake one……had it made from one of the connections at school, only use it when I need it, for example, nights like these. It's no problem." He said as he walked away with his counterfeit ID to the bar. Sam sighed and prayed that nobody would suspect them as illegal minors. They had gotten through most of the night, but she knew that the night wasn't over yet.
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Piper sighed and yawned from feeling the sleepiness and drowsiness of the night. She was leaning on her elbow again, everyone had their drinks and she was pretty bored. She was used to the loud, banging music that played, since she was there practically every night. She took a deep breath and looked around the club. Happy couple there……dancing couple there…….kissing couple there. It was the same for Piper every night. She looked around slowly, and still couldn't stop reminiscing about the night she and Leo had to break up.
She had been trying to get it out of her head for the past few hours, but just couldn't. She had to glance back at the chair she and Leo always shared a kiss on. She gave into her urging and glanced back to the couch all the way back in the club. She was startled when she saw people sitting in it. Anger suddenly kicked in when she realized other couples taking hers and Leo's seat. She had the sudden urge to blow them all up into pieces. She was about to just spit in disgust and turn away when she realized something queer about the couples that were sitting on the couch. One in particular.
The fairly tall guy, with the dark brown spiky hair and the well-built body had his arms around a girl. A very…..familiar girl. She had long, chestnut brown hair, with nice cheekbones and a slender body. Her eyes were nice and hazel and her smile was so familiar that she kept trying to think who it was that she looked like. Then something caught the tip of Piper's eye. She glanced slowly to the side, looking at the shiny bar countertop that she was leaning on. It was shiny enough, to see her reflection quite clearly. She glanced at herself and her eyes widened.
She glanced at the girl, then back at her then to the girl, then back to her. She did this several times and she gasped at the sight. The girl looks liked a mini replica of…..her. It wasn't even funny how much they resembled each other. It looked unreal. She lifted an eyebrow as she continued to stare at the young girl in confusion, and in amazement. But while she was staring, she processed something else in her mind. She glanced at the other girls next to her and the other guys. They didn't look old enough to be 21. They looked young…….in fact, VERY young. And their height didn't exactly help their age-defining either. She snapped when she finally realized what they were. Minors.
She finally had caught some, although the question about her mini-me was still lingering in her mind. But she didn't want it to interfere with her job. She needed to check their ID, and quick. She was about to leave the bar counter when a tall, young mad approached her. "Excuse me, I'd like eight cokes please?" he asked, his voice sounding high and young. She suspected him also. She glanced at him weirdly and held out her hand. "ID." She said sternly. The guy smiled and gave her his driver's license. According to his info, he was 22. She didn't really have time to believe him or not, she just needed to get to the other minors.
She quickly filled the glasses with the right amounts of ice, and filled them each with Coke. The guy paid for all of them and he left. She was about to leave before another interruption came along. When the guy turned around with the tray full of open-glass Cokes, he had crashed into another man and had spilled all over the place. At least…..Piper thought so.
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Sam still sat down, loving the feelings she had for Arnold. The way he lightly touched her skin while his arm hung over her shoulder. The way she felt protected by his big strong figure, but also felt like she had a need to protect him. She smiled as she snuggled with him like he was one big stuffed animal. Arnold felt the same way with Sam and kept embracing her tight, knowing he was the guy and he should have an urge to protect her in any way. He didn't know why, but Arnold felt something weird with Sam. Something really good that he had never felt with other girls before. A fuzzy feeling near his heart whenever he hung with Sam. And he loved it.
Suddenly, a bright ball of light descended from the ceiling. The bright light was looked very visible, but nobody seemed to notice it was there. As Sam snuggled next to Arnold, the ball of light headed towards her, then suddenly shot right into her chest. She jumped suddenly, feeling the surge of energy in her. Arnold was startled by her sudden movement.
"Sam? Anything wrong?" he asked, letting go a little bit to give her room. Sam felt very queer. Her insides were jumping all around and it felt like she had just felt a big energy boost. Her fingers felt tingly and she had big sensations inside of her. "Um….weird, I just felt something…..I feel really…..different, for some….reason……." she said, rubbing her chest a little.
"Do you need water? Rich should be back with the drinks in a sec……" Arnold said putting his hand on her back, making sure that she was okay. Sam smiled at his worry and shook her head. "No I think I'm going to be okay…."
Arnold nodded his head and smiled. He laid back down. Sam straightened herself up and was about to snuggle back with Arnold until something caught her eye. To her, it seemed that the whole thing was happening in slow motion. She saw a woman put all of the glasses on a tray. Then she saw her hand it to Richard. Richard grabbed the tray and turned around, but then another man crashed right into him and Sam saw the glasses fly into the air.
"RICHARD!" she screamed as she shot her hands out wishing that she would go and stop the whole thing from happening. Well…..she did.
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Piper saw the whole room freeze. She looked all over the place examining all the frozen bodies. Piper glanced down at her hands. 'Um….I didn't shoot out my hands….' She looked straight ahead and watched the spilled liquid frozen right in the air. She looked at the customer who was in a position where he looked like he was slipping but was frozen half way. But what caught her eye, or what she heard actually, was the panicky breathings of her identical twin, the girl she was about to check. She glanced to her right to stare at the girl.
The girl's hands were shot out to the recent customer, and her eyes were widened. She was breathing quite heavily and she was glancing all around her. "What the hell…..???" she said out loud. She noticed that all the environment had stood still. She glanced back at the boy she was sitting with and noticed that he had stopped moving. Piper's eyes widened when she saw the girl still moving. "Oh my…." She said in surprise. But then, it was like the girl heard her surprised look and she turned to Piper.
"AHH!" she screamed. Piper glanced at her. "How did you…."
"Why are you still moving! Why am I still moving?? What did I DO??" she screamed, looking as if she was about to break into tears. Piper stayed silent, wondering if this girl knew that she had frozen the whole room by magic. 'It's either she's a demon….or a good witch. Or she could be the angel of destiny. No…… I don't even think she knows if she's evil or not…..' Piper said as she observed the girl. The girl and Piper stared at each other for a few minutes, just looking at each other, noticing the resemblance between the two of them.
"Who…..are you?" Piper asked. Suddenly, the two got interrupted when the whole club unfroze and started to go to its usual commotion again. Piper's view of the girl got blocked by the sudden movement and covering of people. The customer had gotten soaked with the cokes. People were cleaning it up. She noticed that the customer whined, but then ran back to the couch in the back, along with the other suspects. She snapped out of her fantasy thinking world, and tried to ignore the fact that the girl had frozen the room. She ran out of the bar and into the crowds of people.
When she finally got in view of the eight adolescents she pointed her fingers out to them and screamed at the top of her voice: "Hey YOU KIDS! Let me see some ID NOW!"
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Sam shook her head as the room turned back to normal. 'What the hell did I do? And why the heck was everyone still except that one lady…..oh god….'she thought to herself. Her eyes were still widened as she sat back down with Arnold. Arnold noticed her strange behavior. "Uh Sam? You okay? You look really pale like you've just seen a ghost….."
"I….I….I'm….f..i…fine…." she stuttered. She was shaking a little, scared from the amazing scene that had just happened. She tried to think of a million possibilities that could have been the explanation for that whole thing. Her little thinking was interrupted by a sudden appearance by Richard. He was soaked in the Cokes he had just bought. "Sorry you guys……big accident……" he said, pointing out his stained shirt.
"Eh, it's okay Rich! We'll just get something to eat later I guess….." Bobby said. The others nodded in agreement and were content until a sudden shout startled them and gave them a scare. A woman was going through the crowds, pointing at al eight of them. "HEY YOU KIDS! LET ME SEE SOME ID NOW!" she screamed at the top of her voice. The four girls hesitated. Their hearts stopped and realized that they were about to get caught. Bobby and Arnold grabbed their girl's hands and whispered to everyone.
"RUN."
Arnold grabbed Sam and everyone followed behind them as they ran through the crowds and out the back door. They ran as fast as they could, the girls having a hard time, except Sam, since they had high heels or other kinds of fancy shoes on that were not meant for running. Piper ran as fast as she could after them. "STOP!" she screamed as she ran out the back door and followed them. The eight ran down the alley and when they got to the opening there was a two way split.
"Let's split up!" Tyler screamed. Bobby, Karis, Richard, and Holly ran left, while Tyler, Alyssa, Arnold and Sam swerved to the right. Piper saw their split and chose to follow the delinquents that went to the right. She ran after them, still a bit far behind them. Arnold and Tyler were up running ahead while Sam stayed close behind while Alyssa struggled to run. They ran pretty far, and Piper having used to running after demons and warlocks was still behind them, although there was a pretty big gap between all of them.
Sam was startled when she saw Alyssa trip and fall. She stopped and ran back to Alyssa. Tyler didn't notice and kept running, but Arnold ran to Sam. "Sam…come ON! She's COMING!" he screamed to her. Sam shook her head and gestured for him to keep going. "Go! I can't leave Alyssa here. You have to go or you'll get caught too!"
"Come on Sam!"
"Arnold…..just go! I'll catch up with you guys!" she screamed. Arnold gave one last worried look to her, and then ran off to catch up to Tyler. Alyssa's shoe got stuck in a crack in the sidewalk and her knees were scabbed from the fall. Sam helped her up, and she had a pretty hard time getting up. Sam looked back, and saw Piper closing in on them. "HEY! STOP!" she screamed. Sam panicked and got Alyssa up. She put her arm around her and ran with her. They were pretty slow so Piper was catching up fast. When they got to another junction, Sam stopped and turned to Alyssa.
"Go the other way…..it'll be easier. Can you run now?" she asked. Alyssa nodded and they went their separate ways. Sam, being tired from all the running and carrying, was slowing down. Piper was now energized and was catching up to her. They were now in a part of the street where there were barely any cars visible and there were just houses and apartments around. Sam was running until she tripped and fell on her knees. Piper finally caught up to her. Sam was on the sidewalk and was on her back. She held her knee as she felt the throbbing pain. Piper went up to her.
"You…..were trespassing into my club…..and I'm afraid I'm going to have to take you back and call your parents young lady." She said sternly. She was about to take her wrists when Sam hesitated and shot her hands out again to stop Piper from getting her. "No please!" she started. But when she shot her hands out, a trash can behind Piper exploded. Sam's eyes widened in fear in what she had just done. Piper's mouth was wide open, astounded by another magical power she possessed. She had BOTH of Piper's powers. "Who….." she started but stopped.
Sam's eyes were filled with fear. She was shocked at what she had just done and was scared to death. Piper's eyes were filled with sympathy and just wanted to comfort the poor, scared girl. "Wait….I…."
"I'm sorry….I'm sorry…." Sam said, shaking her head and glancing at her hands. She got up and ran away fast. Piper was too shocked to run after her. She had to tell this to her sisters that she had an encounter with another magical child, that had a complete copy of her powers. She was about to walk back when she noticed that the girl had dropped some things when she fell down. Chap stick, a pen, and a wallet. She bent down to pick them up and opened the wallet slowly. There in one of the picture frames was a school ID that contained all her info along with a picture. She stared at the name.
Samantha Melinda FieldingHer eyes widened at the sight of the name. She almost dropped the wallet to quiver in fear. It all made perfect sense. The girl looked exactly like her, looked the right age, fourteen, and even had a little bit of Leo in her. She had the same exact powers as Piper and was it just coincidence that she had the exact first and middle name of the daughter she had and loved many years ago and let go? "Oh my god." She put the wallet and other things safely in her pocket, and started the run back to consult Phoebe and she knew that if it was her…..then this would be some adventure that she would never forget. To be continued………Stay tuned for Chapter 11 of "Separation." A/N: Obviously I spent a LOT of time on this….hehe mostly for the fans! Well……I hope you liked their meeting. I would greatly appreciate reviews and some constructive criticism. And some complements…hehehe…..well really hope you liked this chapter! Hope this makes up CF12 ;)