A/N: wheeeee! Another chapter comes! Another thanks to all my reviewers! I love you guys! I love ya!
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 12
Piper walked up the steps of her home, carrying her purse and keys in one hand. Inside her purse, she carried the girl's chap stick, pen and wallet. She needed to show Phoebe. This was just getting too weird. She inserted her key into the door, turned it and the door opened. She hung up her coat and walked towards the kitchen. She could hear her boots clicking as she took each step.
"Phoebe? Phoebe!" she yelled as she walked quickly to the kitchen. Once she entered the dark doorway to the kitchen, she saw her little sister slumbering on the table. Her head was on her laptop and her eyes were shut tight.
"Phoebe!"
Phoebe jumped up, startled by the sudden call of her sister. She rubbed her eyes and turned to Piper. "Oh…hi Piper. How were things at the club?" she said as she yawned. Piper rolled her eyes and pulled up a chair next to Phoebe. "Something happened." She said. Phoebe was slightly confused. "Huh? Like what?" she asked. Piper pulled out the wallet out of her purse and opened it to the ID. She handed it to Phoebe, and Phoebe looked at it curiously. "What do you see." Piper said sternly, observing Phoebe's look.
"Oh my gosh! Is this your old high school ID?? You looked adorable!!! Almost like you do now only smaller!!!" she exclaimed, acting childish and immature. Piper rolled her eyes once more and pointed out the name. "Look at the name." She said again. Once Phoebe caught sight of the name, her eyes widened as she stared at the black, italic print on the small card.
She started to stumble, trying desperately to get her glasses on so she could see more quickly. As the glasses sat on her nose and helped her near sighted vision, she gasped as she read the name out loud. "Samantha Melinda." She said, letting the syllables slur with her speech. "What…does this mean?" she asked. Piper shrugged.
"This girl…she was at the club…illegally. With friends. First….she froze the room…and then she exploded a trash can…." Piper said slowly, remembering the whole thing in her head. "She could be…"
"Your daughter." Phoebe said, taking her glasses off. Piper seemed to flinch once she heard those two words. She didn't know what to think at all. "What if she is?"
"I'm not sure what we should do…"
"Should we even do anything?" Piper asked. Phoebe stayed silent and laid her head back on the table. "I don't know…I just don't know. Why don't we wait till Paige comes home yeah? We'll talk about this together. All three of us." She said, trying to give Piper words of comfort. Piper got up, and was about to go up to her room, but then paused and turned back to Phoebe.
"Phoebe?" she said, quietly. Phoebe sat up and turned to Piper.
"Yeah?"
"I can't stay away from her forever…" Piper said, tears welling up in her eyes, threatening to slip down her cheeks. Phoebe nodded and got up to hug Piper. Piper embraced Phoebe. They hadn't actually hugged each other meaningfully for the longest time until now.
"I know honey…"
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Prue orbed right into the house. She landed in the entrance parlor, she looked around the place and noticed the whole house was pitch black. She walked around the place, her footsteps echoing on the linoleum tile beneath her. She walked into the kitchen and gasped when she found Apolla and Artemis on the floor.
"Oh my god. Apolla! Artemis!" she gasped as she ran to Artemis' side. She saw the deadly darklighter arrow in his abdomen, and shook her head. "No…" she whispered. She checked his pulse and then when she felt nothing, she knew he was dead. She walked over to Apolla and did the same thing. She got the same results. "No…This is terrible." She said, shaking her head, feeling sadness that two of her best friends now passed away.
"Sam." She said, once she realized her purpose for being here. She ran all over the house, and once she got to the office she saw a darklighter holding a crystal out to Sam. "NO!" she screamed as she ran and jumped kicked the darklighter right in the side of his head before he could do anything with the crystal. "Get off me!" he screamed.
She punched him hardly, and he was unconscious. She sighed and walked over to Sam. She was unconscious and bleeding from her stomach with an arrow pierced right through her body. "Oh my god…Sam…" she whispered as hurried to take her pulse, praying that she was still alive. Thankfully she was still breathing. Prue was about to get ready to take the arrow out when she got grabbed by her shoulders and flew to the other side of the room, crashing in to a wall.
She grunted as she fell to the floor and rubbed her back from all the pain. She got up slowly, gathering her strength together, getting ready to fight this darklighter. And she was supposed to be a pacifist. Pshh.
He hurdled toward her, trying to tackle her down but she hovered up in time and he bumped his head into the wall. She hovered back down, and he was on his knees, trying to recover from his sudden crash. She lifted her leg and roundhouse kicked his face. She gave him a few more kicks until he was down completely. Then she lifted him up with her arm, and buried her right fist into his face.
He fell to the floor, totally knocked out. Blood was pouring out of his nose and lip. Prue sighed and ran right over to Sam. "Sam…it's going to be okay sweetheart." She whispered, lying Sam down in a more comfortable position. Prue was definitely panicking. She heard Sam groan a bit, and she was sweating, since the poison from the arrow spread through her very quickly. Prue was just about to try and pull the arrow out, until she heard the hinges of the door creak.
Someone else came into the house.
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Paige parked her old green beetle right in front of the house. She looked down at the address on the piece of paper in her hand, then to the gold plated numbers sealed on the house. She confirmed that this was, Samantha Fielding's address. She took a deep breath and turned the key in her car so that the engine would turn off.
"This is it." She said to herself, as she took her purse strap and put it around her shoulder. She opened the car door, and walked out. She pressed the little button on her keys and heard the beeping sound that confirmed that her car was indeed locked. She walked up the cobblestone pathway of the suburban house. She paused and looked up to glance at the big house. Man was it big, and very luxurious no doubt.
She noticed that all the lights were off, except for some hall lights on the second floor. She looked at all the windows and then she glanced to the window to her left. She noticed two figures in the window, but couldn't make out what or who they were. It was too dark outside and in the house to see. Who knows, it could be a hat rack or cabinet or something.
But then the figures moved. And she heard lots of "hyeahs!" and "Ahhhh!'s" and "You BITCH!'s." Her eyes widened. Could there be a burglar in the house stealing their stuff? Paige went up to the front door, and noticed it was left open. She opened the door a bit and was surprised to what she saw.
Well, she couldn't see anything really. Not from all the darkness in the house. She turned to her left, from where she saw the figures and gasped to what she saw. A girl was on the floor bleeding with an arrow in her stomach, and a woman was laying her down. She looked more around the room, and saw a blonde man with a dark trenchcoat lying face down on the floor. Definitely a darklighter. 'Oh god…could that be SAM?' Paige thought, referring to the wounded on the floor.
The woman with the black, long and dark hair looked up at her, and when their eyes met, it suddenly felt like they knew each other all their lives. Paige paused, and just kept staring at the woman. The woman looked just as shocked as Paige. "Paige." She whispered, and it looked like she had tears welling up in her eyes. Paige lifted an eyebrow, wondering why this woman looked so familiar, and how this woman knew her name.
"Excuse me? How'd you know…." She started, but was suddenly interrupted by a sudden scream. "Ahhh!" the darklighter shouted as he hurdled toward the woman. "Watch OUT!" Paige screamed, pointing to the darklighter behind her. The woman whirled around and kicked the darklighter just in time. The darklighter took a few steps back.
Suddenly a crossbow appeared right in his hand, and he was aiming the arrow right at Paige.
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Prue saw the darklighter aim the arrow toward Paige. "NO! STOP! PAIGE!" she screamed. Paige seemed to be frozen in fear. As the darklighter shot the arrow from the crossbow, Prue jumped and knocked Paige down to get her out of the way. The arrow hit the wall instead of Paige. Paige snapped out of her ice age and stood up.
"CROSSBOW!" she yelled. The crossbow in the darklighter's hands dematerialized and materialized right into Paige's. She triggered the crossbow, and shot an arrow at the darklighter. The arrow hit him, and he stared at it in shock as black smoke slowly started to come out of his wound.
"NO!!!" he screamed as he exploded into a white light. Prue gave a sigh of relief, then spotted the bright crystal on the floor. Paige tapped her shoulder. "Who are you?" she asked. Prue panicked. She wasn't allowed to see any of her sisters at all, especially Paige. She took a deep breath and took a step back. Without answering her question she went over to Sam and knelt down.
She couldn't heal her in front of Paige, or that would be revealing that she was whitelighter. She hesitated and turned to Paige. "Bring her to Leo." She whispered. Paige's eyes seemed to widen and Prue could tell she had a million questions for her. But before she could ask them, she bolted out the door. Once she was outside, she orbed out.
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"Bring her to LEO? How the heck does she know Leo?" Paige asked herself. She almost forgot about the wounded girl on the floor. She ran over to her and knelt to see her face more clearly. She saw that it was Sam, and she was losing blood fast. Paige started to panic. "Oh god…what do I do? What do I do?" she asked herself.
She picked Sam up so that she was holding her in her arms. She made it so that Sam's arm was over Paige's neck. She was about to leave when she spotted the bright crystal on the floor. She hesitated, deciding whether she should take it or not, and then finally decided to take it. She shifted Sam's body a bit, so she had a free hand.
"Crystal." She said, and waited until the crystal was fully formed in her hand. She gripped it, and then held Sam in her arms tightly. She had to bring her to the house. She looked out the window to her car, and decided she would come back later to retrieve her vehicle. Then, she finally orbed out.
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Piper was cleaning up a bit in the kitchen. There were a lot of dirty dishes and since Piper had nothing else to do, she decided to wash them. Phoebe was still typing away on her laptop. She had paused to sleep most of the day, so she barely got any of her advice column finished. "Where did Paige go anyway?" Piper asked, not looking away from her washing.
"I don't know. She just said something about making things better, and then…poof! She's gone right out the back door. Or was it the front door? Oh, who cares…" Phoebe said, trying to drop the subject to go back to her column. Piper paused in her work, thinking about where Paige could have gone.
"Where do you think she went?" Piper asked, curiously. Phoebe shrugged and turned around to face Piper. "Don't worry about it, I'm sure she'll be home in no time-"
Just as Phoebe started to finish her sentence, both of them heard a loud thump, the sound coming straight from the foyer. Piper's head jerked up, startled by the sudden sound and so did Phoebe's. Then they faced each other and gave each other curious looks. "See? Told you." Phoebe said, grinning. Piper looked at her younger sister's funny face and rolled her eyes. She had to smile.
"PIPER! PHOEBE! COME QUICK!" They heard Paige scream. Piper and Phoebe glared at each other for a few seconds.
"What do you think she wants? Do you think there's a demon involved?" Phoebe asked, taking off her glasses and started to stand up. Piper shrugged and turned off the faucet at the sink.
"Guess we just have to go and see." She said, wiping her hands quickly in a towel. Piper and Phoebe and then ran out of the kitchen as fast as they could, and into the foyer, where they heard Paige's voice come from. Their footsteps echoed through the empty house as they jogged over to Paige. When they finally saw sight of her, Piper gasped when she saw what was in her arms.
Paige was struggling with the girl in her arms, and the girl was bleeding quite badly with an arrow pierced through her abdomen. Her hair was messed up and tangled in her face and she was unconscious. But Piper didn't need her awake to realize who she was. Her hand made her way to cover her mouth and she couldn't get over the shock.
"That's…"
"The girl from the picture?" Phoebe finished for her. Paige ignored the two and quickly brought her to a couch. "Come on you guys…we need to save her! No time for talking!" She said, with struggle in her voice since the girl looked a little heavy. She laid the girl on the couch on her side, so that the arrow wouldn't touch anything or hurt her. She was starting to sweat and was starting to breathe raggedly, since the poison was spreading fast. Her skin was turning a bluer color, and her veins looked like they were popping out of her arm.
Phoebe nodded and ran to the kitchen to get some things to help. Piper couldn't move. She just stared in shock as she saw the girl in front of her. Could that actually be her daughter? The girl, that she had been longing to hold, and to hug, and to tell her how much she was sorry and how much she loved her. Could that actually be HER little girl? "Paige….where did you find…her…" she whispered, feeling tears coming down her eyes as she saw the poor girl fighting for her life.
Paige turned to Piper and saw the tears slipping down her cheeks. "Piper….I'll explain who this is later. We just have to hurry, or she'll die." She said, going back to making things comfortable for her. "But…her name's Sam." She added, winking at Piper. Phoebe ran in with some towels and water. She took a hand towel, dipped it into some ice water and dabbed it around Sam's forehead to help relax her a bit.
Piper snapped out of her frozen, in-shock state. If this was her daughter, she needed to help her. She wasn't going to let her die from that arrow. She was in danger, and her daughter or not, it still made her an innocent that they needed to protect. Piper ran over to the couch, and took over Phoebe's job in dabbing her face with cold water. Paige took one of the towels and wrapped it around her hand.
"I'm gonna take this out…." She said, as she grabbed hold of the body of the arrow tightly. Sam shifted and groaned slightly, her hands clutching the couch tightly. More sweat drops rolled down the side of her head as she started gasping a bit. Her little hurt voice worried Piper and Piper scooted closer to her. As she dabbed her head with the cloth, she calmed her down by whispering in her ear.
"It's okay Sam…we're here…" Piper whispered. She hesitated before she whispered: "I'm here for you."
Paige took a deep breath before quickly pulling the arrow out of her abdomen. Sam screamed loudly, and tears started to slip down her cheeks. She was still unconscious, but she was still feeling the pain. Like she was in one bad nightmare. Piper's hand rested on Sam's thigh, and Sam's hand let go of the coach and grabbed Piper's hand. It was like she knew Piper was there with her giving her support. Piper was startled when she grabbed her hand, but then only tightened their grip.
Sam held her hand tightly, and her breathing grew faster and faster. Piper stopped dabbing her forehead, and started stroking her hair a bit. Right there, Piper had surge of weird feelings go through her, and somehow she knew in her heart, that this was definitely……her and Leo's daughter. She could see it. She could feel it. And nothing was denying it now. Piper kept calming Sam down, stroking her hair to comfort her and holding her hand tightly. Sam was gripping her hand hard, since she was feeling so much pain.
"Shhhh…it's gonna be okay honey…I'm here now. I'm here." She whispered.
As Paige set the arrow down, Phoebe ran with another towel to Sam. She pressed the towel down on her wound so that she would be putting pressure on her bleeding. Paige looked over to Piper and Sam together and motioned for Phoebe to look at them too. Piper didn't notice them staring since she was turned away to Sam. Phoebe looked back at Paige with worried eyes, but also had a small smile. Paige smiled back.
"The poison's spreading fast. We have to heal her. Should we call….Patrick?" Phoebe asked Paige and Piper, with questioning eyes. There was a moment of silence for a bit. Patrick was their newly assigned whitelighter after Leo had gotten reassigned from the girls 16 years ago. Of course the girls didn't welcome him with open arms. They barely talked to him, and only called when they needed help from the Elders, or needed to be healed.
Patrick knew that they took him for granted, which is why he wasn't always that friendly with them. Piper always said that he was the female version of Natalie. He never let the girls break the rules, at least not in front of him, and he knew all about Leo's and Piper's relationships, and kept lecturing her on how it was wrong to have been with him, and that they would get nothing out of their relationship except trouble. Well, Piper, Paige and Phoebe looked at Sam, and they knew that she was anything but trouble.
"No. We can't. Not this time…not for her." Piper whispered, not looking up from Sam. Paige nodded in agreement and Phoebe just went along with it. "We have to heal her. How are we going to do that…." Phoebe asked, waiting for the expected answer to come. Paige sighed, remembering the mysterious woman at Sam's house.
"We have to call Leo."
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Leo sat on the cement block below him, staring at the night sky. He was the roof of some apartment building. He always came to the roof at night, just to stare at the stars and think. It didn't even matter which roof he was on as long as he got a clear view of the sky. He went roof hopping every night, ever since he gave Samantha away. Once he even stayed on a roof in Paris.
He looked at the bright stars and the small bunches of clouds. Staring at the environment around him just seemed to relax him a little. Gave him a little time to think. Ever since Sam had been given to Artemis and Apolla, he just didn't feel complete. He always questioned himself on how this little being could make him feel so….good about himself.
Staring at her just made him so complete.
He closed his eyes and a vision of her just stayed with him. He could see her beautiful chocolate eyes, and her bouncy dark hair. And he could see how she was just a miniature version of beloved Piper, with a little of him in her. He was so proud of her, and just wanted so much to tell her that. But he knew that it would never happen. She would grow up to be a normal person, and he and Piper would probably never get to see her again.
While he was on the rooftop, he always shut down the voices in his head of his charges, so that he could get an ounce of relaxation. He ignored all the talking and the shouting. None of them were really in real danger, so he just ignored them. But suddenly, he jumped when he heard a familiar voice ring in his ears.
"Leo…Leo?? LEO! LEO!!! Please, Leo." The voice said. His heart stopped. He knew who it was, and he didn't know what to do.
Piper hadn't called him in years. After Sam was born, she used to call him often, at least once a week, to comfort her in her times of tears. Sometimes, Leo even heard her calls but ever since that new whitelighter got assigned to them, they started to stop seeing each other, afraid that the Elders would know that they were still keeping contact. But he always kept an extra ear out for Piper, just Piper. He never kept an extra ear out for Phoebe or Paige, since they might be in trouble and he might forget that they weren't his charges and go help them.
Then he would be punished even more.
But her cry for help seemed so desperate this time. What did she want? Was it important? "Leo. Please, I'm begging you. Answer this call. LEO!" Piper screamed. It had to be important. He got up suddenly and decided he wouldn't waste anymore time.
Piper was in trouble, and she needed help.
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Piper paced back and forth, glancing to Sam constantly. Phoebe kept putting pressure on Sam's bleeding. "He better hurry up. Sam's condition is getting worse. If he doesn't come in a minimum of 20 seconds, I'm calling Patrick. I'm not going to let her die waiting for Leo." She said, solemnly. Piper nodded and called Leo's name more times.
Paige grunted in frustration. "Why the heck isn't he answering? He should be dammit…this could be his daughter." She whispered. Piper ignored the comment and kept calling him. "Leo! Please. Come here. LEO!!!! LEO!!!" she called, her voice full of desperation and worry. She paced back and forth, still glancing at her wounded daughter.
Sam was getting even worse. Her blood spread throughout the coach and soaked up at least three towels. Her breathing was getting slower and she was literally turning purple. She started to shiver, since she was getting cold from all the blood loss. As Phoebe held the towel down, she felt Sam shiver like crazy from all the blood loss. Phoebe shook her head and stared at Piper's worried face.
Leo still hadn't come and Phoebe had gotten angry. "That's it…I'm calling Patrick. We can't let her get any worse." Phoebe said, sternly. Paige and Piper stayed silent and turned away because they knew that she was right. Phoebe was about to call Patrick's name but was suddenly interrupted by a mix of shining blue and white orbs in front of her eyes. Paige and Piper were also startled.
Piper's breath was taken away as she saw Leo slowly form out of the orbs. His ruffled blonde hair and his beautiful eyes just reminded her of the young repairman she fell in love with so many years ago. Leo turned to her and their eyes met. All her mixed up feelings for Leo fluttered in her stomach. Leo's hardened eyes seemed to get softer as he gazed at Piper. "Piper." He said softly, his voice going through Piper like a gust of wind. It was so familiar, and she never realized how much she missed him.
"Why did you call me?" he asked, walking to her slowly, and putting her hands on her shoulders. His touch to her skin gave a little chill to her back. A moment of silence came in between them, as Piper closed her eyes. Leo caressed her cheek a little, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. Piper finally gave in to her urging and embraced him as tight as she could. She laid her head on his chest gently, loving the feeling of his skin.
All her memories came back, flooding to her eyes, and she didn't want to let go anymore. "I missed you so much." She whispered, her eyes getting blurred with tears. He rubbed her shoulder, hugging her back and laid his chin on her head. "I know baby…I missed you too hon…I missed you too." He whispered in her ear. They're emotional moment suddenly got interrupted by a little throat clearing from Phoebe.
"Leo. She called you because we have a little situation here. We need you to heal…..someone." she said, hesitating on her last word. Leo turned around and his eyes widened as he saw Sam wounded on the couch. He saw her weak, and shivering, and blue. "Oh my god. Samantha!" he said, running over to her, with worry in his tone. He sounded like a panicked father. One that was worried to death that his daughter was wounded badly.
Piper followed closely behind him as he ran over to kneel next to her. Piper kneeled right next to Leo. Leo stroked her hair and kissed her on the forehead. "Honey, it's going to be okay… How did this happen?" he asked, turning to all three of the sisters. "Why is she here in the first place?" he asked, curious about the whole situation.
"She was wounded by a darklighter. I found her at her house…It's a long story. Hurry, you have to heal her before it's too late. She's been wounded for hours now." Paige said, informing Leo. Leo turned to Piper and took a deep breath.
"I'm guessing you already know who she is…." He whispered. Piper nodded slowly. "That's why I called. I couldn't call Patrick….we need you. I need you…." She whispered back. Leo nodded and quickly turned back to Samantha. His glowing hands were over Sam's wound in no time, and all four of them sat in silence as the wound started to heal slowly.
Finally, all the blood was sent back to Samantha, and she was normal again. She was still unconscious, but her breathing was back to normal, and her skin color was as peachy as ever. She was now calm, compared to what she was like before, breathing hysterically and gasping from the poisonous pain. All four of them gave a big sigh of relief, thankful that she was okay. Leo then snapped out of his relief state and went back to Sam. He held her hand, and rubbed it, trying to give her comfort.
"She's really ours. This girl….I….can't believe it." Piper said, stroking her hair. Leo nodded and turned to Paige. "Why is she here. She's supposed to be with her aunt and uncle. She's not supposed to be here Paige. This is our daughter here. We can't let the elders know she's even ALIVE." He said in a stern voice. Paige was just about to protest, when another voice interrupted their conversation from behind them.
"Maybe you can explain that to me first."
All four of them turned to behind them and saw a Caucasian man with dark brown hair and blue eyes. He had a little goatee and his eyebrows looked stern. Phoebe gasped when she saw him in the doorway.
"Oh my god. Patrick."
To be continued…..stay tuned for Chapter 13 of "Separation."
A/N: Love it or loathe it?? Sorry for the long delay you guys…had a very sad writer's block. But I got through because why? Because of the encouragement of all my fans and ESPECIALLY FROM YOU CF12. I'm telling it's so weird calling you that….but heck doesn't matter! Thanks you! You really make my day….encouraging me like that. Who knew there were GREAT friends like you in this world. You rock cuz.