AN: Yay, I'm updating quicker this time! Oh, and just to let you know, I won't be updating to much soon because of stupid school. I make myself get all my homework done before having fun, so I might not have too much time to update. I'm really sorry about that, but I'm sure a lot of you understand! Oh, and I'm just wondering, has anybody else noticed that most writers (or at least the ones whose fics I read) are named Hannah or Lindsay? It's creepy. I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed. Oh, and just to warn you, I am in a very silly mood, so this chapter has some really weird and silly stuff in it. Just warning you!
C.C. McKenna - Oh, very funny. Thanks!
winter blaze - Thanks!
Gryffindor620 - I actually just had the three girls who I thought would touch the points, and Prue wasn't one of them. That's all. Thanks!
peanut2lb - Thanks! Yes, yes, they did find it! Oh, and the notorious CLUNK.
piperleo4eva- Thanks! Yeah, cool and creepy house. Christine Marquez - Thanks!
OTHCharmedFreak - I don't know if I could do that again, but I will be updating quicker, or at least I'll try really, really hard!
p3charmed4eva - Thanks!
charmed-greek - Thanks, and I will!
Shann51 - Thanks! Don't worry, I will and am!
Now the lovely chapter 12.
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All eight looked around for the source of the noise, the three girls not taking their fingers off the points. They spotted it about ten feet back. On the right of the passageway, a three-foot-wide bit of wall was being slowly lowered into the ground. They all stared at it in shock until it stopped moving. They moved towards the newly created opening. inside, about three feet in, was an old ladder. "A ladder? I thought we were three stories up!" Andy said, looking at the wall. "But, the first floor door was closer to this end, wasn't it?" Prue asked, turning to Piper. "Yeah, it was." Piper agreed. "What first floor door?" Leo asked. "We'll tell you later, honey." Piper said. 'Alright, I guess I have no choice but to be satisfied with that answer.' Leo thought.
"Come on, guys!" Paige said, stepping into the opening. "Are you serious?" Piper asked. She was in NO WAY going up that ladder. "Uh, yeah." Paige said, and put her hands and feet on the ladder. After she had crawled up about four feet, Phoebe yelled "Wait! I'm coming with you!" She also ran into the opening and waited for Paige to go up enough to allow her onto the ladder. "I don't know about you," Glenn said, turning to Billy, "but I'm not going to let some girls outdo me in bravery." He then climbed on behind Phoebe, then Billy. "Come on, Piper." Prue said, grabbing her younger sister's shirt collar, and the two climbed on the ladder right behind Billy. "But I don't want to... I don't like heights!" Piper said. "Don't worry, I'm right behind you." Leo said, preparing to get on after his girlfriend. But first, he turned back to his older brother. "You coming?" he asked. "Yeah, I might as well." Andy said, defeated.
Once he was on, he called up "Have you reached the top yet?" "No!" called Paige's voice. "I don't even see the exit yet, and I'm almost four stories up!" she added. 'Oh, great.' Andy thought, rolling his eyes. 'Leave it to the Halliwell sisters to do this...' Suddenly, Paige stopped, making Phoebe run into her, Glenn run into her, Billy run into him, and so on. "Paige, what's the hold up?" asked the ever-impatient Glenn. "We're following the ladder!" Paige squealed, with a giggle. "What?" Phoebe asked, not seeing what was so funny. "We're following the ladder, the ladder, the ladder. We're following the ladder wherever it may go!" Paige sang. "We're following the ladder, the ladder..." Paige continued singing the song, annoying the heck out of everyone. "Well, then can you continue?" Leo called out from the near bottom." "Oh, right!" Paige exclaimed, coming back to her senses.
She continued up until she put her hand on the floor at the end of the ladder. "Hey, guys, I found the end!" she yelled, all the way down the ladder. 'Oh, great.' Andy thought. He was the last one, and he was about two stories up. Paige hoisted herself onto the floor, and looked around. She was inside a windowless room, that had not light in it. "What the hell?" Phoebe asked, lifting herself onto the floor as well. Suddenly, three torches lit up, bathing the tiny room in flickering light. "That seems to be the key word at this house." Paige joked, smirking. Phoebe chuckled. "Wait, we climbed up that far for THIS?" Billy asked, looking around the room, along with Glenn. The two girls just shrugged. "At least there's light up here." Paige said, looking around. "Yeah, only because of ME." Phoebe said proudly. "What did you do?" Glenn asked. "She said the magic word." Paige said, a smile on her face. "Phoebe! How many times have we told you to watch your language?"
The four kids looked over to see their older siblings. Piper was in Leo's arms, and Prue was in Andy's. Piper was looking at Phoebe sternly, but Prue was looking at Piper with a smirk on her face. "And which are you, Piper, the pot or the kettle?" she asked. "The pot, as it begins with a P." Piper responded, smiling. That caused everyone to burst out laughing. "But I don't want to be the kettle!" Phoebe complained after catching her breath. That caused quite a lot more laughter.
"Okay!" Prue yelled, stopping the laughter. "I think it's about time we figure out how to get out of here." she said, looking around at everyone. "Right!" Billy said, and began searching all the walls. He was soon followed by the others. "I found it!" Paige exclaimed excitedly. She pushed outwards, and a door was opened, exposing the group to sunlight. They all squinted. "Paige! That's too bright!" Phoebe complained. "Oh, shush!" Paige said, and exited the room.
She found herself on the roof. It was very pointy, much like the roof on the Manor, except much, much, much, much, much bigger. But, there was one difference. There was a wide path down the middle of the roof, about six feet wide. It was flanked on both sides by roof, creating a three-foot-high railing-ish thing. It led all the way to the other side of the long roof, ending in another door.
"Neat." Glenn said, coming up behind her. Phoebe brushed past her younger sister and ran about ten feet in front of everyone else. "Pheebs, wait up!" yelled Billy, who followed close behind. "Kids." Piper whispered to the other three older ones, and they all chuckled. "Hey, we're still here." Paige said, holding up her hand. "We knew that." Piper said quickly and nervously, causing everyone to laugh that time. "Hey, it won't open!"
The six turned their heads to find Phoebe and Billy at the end of the path. They were trying to pull open the door. "What do you mean it won't open?" Glenn called back down the long path. "We mean it won't budge!" Phoebe yelled back. "Okay! You need help?!?" Paige yelled. "It would be deeply appreciated!" Billy yelled, still tugging on the door. "Do you want the help now, or later?" Glenn asked. "Now would be nice!" Phoebe yelled. "Okay, we're coming!" Paige yelled, and she and Glenn took off down the path, leaving the four high schoolers behind.
"Was that really necessary?" Leo asked, as soon as the others were out of earshot. "The yelling?" Andy asked. "No, the barracuda. Of course I mean the yelling." Leo said sarcastically. "I don't think so." Andy said to his younger brother. The two girls looked at each other, eyebrows arched. Then, Piper turned to her boyfriend and asked "Where'd you come up with barracuda?" Leo just rolled his eyes, and began running down the path, Piper close on his heels. "Wait a minute, Mister! I wanna know where the hell you came up with the fish!" she called after him. Prue and Andy looked at each other, than burst out laughing. After they caught their breath, they followed the two younger teens down the path, wanting to know how a barracuda came up as well.
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By the time Prue, Andy, Piper, and Leo got to the door at the other end, they had found out where the barracuda had come from. Prue and Andy were a bit disgusted, but Piper wasn't, at all.
Also, they found that Phoebe, Billy, Paige, and Glenn were waiting for them. "We need more strength." Billy said. "No, I just think we need the right word." Andy said. When everyone looked at him queerly, he said "You know, like 'hell' for the lights in the passage." "Why do you think we need a word?" Billy asked. "Well," Leo said, catching on to his older brother's idea, "Everything so far has had some sort of protection. And, since this door isn't hidden, there must be a password."
"Okay." Phoebe said. "Um... open." she shouted at the door. Prue stared at her. "Did you really think it would be that easy?' she asked her sister. Phoebe just shrugged in response. "Rhubarb?" Glenn said. "Barracuda!" Leo said, causing himself and his girlfriend to burst out laughing. "What's so funny about that?" Billy asked. "You don't wanna know." Andy and Prue said at the same time. Billy just nodded, deciding to take their word for it.
"Bologna!" Paige said, pronouncing it 'bo-log-na' instead of 'baloney'. The other seven stared at her, then shifted their gaze to the door, which was slowly opening. "Oh my God." all three of her sisters said slowly. "Typical. Just typical." Glenn said, rolling his eyes. "Aw, shut up, pretty boy." Paige said, running inside. "Pretty boy?" Billy asked, staring at his younger brother. "Don't ask." he said, then ran in after his girlfriend, leaving the older six behind.
"Pretty boy? Is that like barracuda?" Piper asked, glancing at Leo. "Don't even think about it." he said, and then pulled Piper behind him, running in after the two youngest. Phoebe and Billy then turned to the eldest couple. "Barracuda?" Phoebe asked. "You don't wanna know." Andy said. "You REALLY don't wanna know." Prue added. "We'll take your word for that." Billy said, and he and Phoebe headed in. Prue and Andy looked at each other, then shuddered. They then ran in after their younger siblings.
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AN: Barracuda just speaks wonders, doesn't it? I know what it means in my head, but I'm not gonna type it. I don't want to make this fic R. That's why there are just hints. Okay, another crap chapter, but I have some serious writer's block. But, I do have a lot more of an idea for the next chapters, so I hopefully won't take as long. Hopefully. Anyway, this is after a song by Sly & The Family! Review, pretty pretty please! It will help speed up my update process!
C.C. McKenna - Oh, very funny. Thanks!
winter blaze - Thanks!
Gryffindor620 - I actually just had the three girls who I thought would touch the points, and Prue wasn't one of them. That's all. Thanks!
peanut2lb - Thanks! Yes, yes, they did find it! Oh, and the notorious CLUNK.
piperleo4eva- Thanks! Yeah, cool and creepy house. Christine Marquez - Thanks!
OTHCharmedFreak - I don't know if I could do that again, but I will be updating quicker, or at least I'll try really, really hard!
p3charmed4eva - Thanks!
charmed-greek - Thanks, and I will!
Shann51 - Thanks! Don't worry, I will and am!
Now the lovely chapter 12.
T:T:T:T
All eight looked around for the source of the noise, the three girls not taking their fingers off the points. They spotted it about ten feet back. On the right of the passageway, a three-foot-wide bit of wall was being slowly lowered into the ground. They all stared at it in shock until it stopped moving. They moved towards the newly created opening. inside, about three feet in, was an old ladder. "A ladder? I thought we were three stories up!" Andy said, looking at the wall. "But, the first floor door was closer to this end, wasn't it?" Prue asked, turning to Piper. "Yeah, it was." Piper agreed. "What first floor door?" Leo asked. "We'll tell you later, honey." Piper said. 'Alright, I guess I have no choice but to be satisfied with that answer.' Leo thought.
"Come on, guys!" Paige said, stepping into the opening. "Are you serious?" Piper asked. She was in NO WAY going up that ladder. "Uh, yeah." Paige said, and put her hands and feet on the ladder. After she had crawled up about four feet, Phoebe yelled "Wait! I'm coming with you!" She also ran into the opening and waited for Paige to go up enough to allow her onto the ladder. "I don't know about you," Glenn said, turning to Billy, "but I'm not going to let some girls outdo me in bravery." He then climbed on behind Phoebe, then Billy. "Come on, Piper." Prue said, grabbing her younger sister's shirt collar, and the two climbed on the ladder right behind Billy. "But I don't want to... I don't like heights!" Piper said. "Don't worry, I'm right behind you." Leo said, preparing to get on after his girlfriend. But first, he turned back to his older brother. "You coming?" he asked. "Yeah, I might as well." Andy said, defeated.
Once he was on, he called up "Have you reached the top yet?" "No!" called Paige's voice. "I don't even see the exit yet, and I'm almost four stories up!" she added. 'Oh, great.' Andy thought, rolling his eyes. 'Leave it to the Halliwell sisters to do this...' Suddenly, Paige stopped, making Phoebe run into her, Glenn run into her, Billy run into him, and so on. "Paige, what's the hold up?" asked the ever-impatient Glenn. "We're following the ladder!" Paige squealed, with a giggle. "What?" Phoebe asked, not seeing what was so funny. "We're following the ladder, the ladder, the ladder. We're following the ladder wherever it may go!" Paige sang. "We're following the ladder, the ladder..." Paige continued singing the song, annoying the heck out of everyone. "Well, then can you continue?" Leo called out from the near bottom." "Oh, right!" Paige exclaimed, coming back to her senses.
She continued up until she put her hand on the floor at the end of the ladder. "Hey, guys, I found the end!" she yelled, all the way down the ladder. 'Oh, great.' Andy thought. He was the last one, and he was about two stories up. Paige hoisted herself onto the floor, and looked around. She was inside a windowless room, that had not light in it. "What the hell?" Phoebe asked, lifting herself onto the floor as well. Suddenly, three torches lit up, bathing the tiny room in flickering light. "That seems to be the key word at this house." Paige joked, smirking. Phoebe chuckled. "Wait, we climbed up that far for THIS?" Billy asked, looking around the room, along with Glenn. The two girls just shrugged. "At least there's light up here." Paige said, looking around. "Yeah, only because of ME." Phoebe said proudly. "What did you do?" Glenn asked. "She said the magic word." Paige said, a smile on her face. "Phoebe! How many times have we told you to watch your language?"
The four kids looked over to see their older siblings. Piper was in Leo's arms, and Prue was in Andy's. Piper was looking at Phoebe sternly, but Prue was looking at Piper with a smirk on her face. "And which are you, Piper, the pot or the kettle?" she asked. "The pot, as it begins with a P." Piper responded, smiling. That caused everyone to burst out laughing. "But I don't want to be the kettle!" Phoebe complained after catching her breath. That caused quite a lot more laughter.
"Okay!" Prue yelled, stopping the laughter. "I think it's about time we figure out how to get out of here." she said, looking around at everyone. "Right!" Billy said, and began searching all the walls. He was soon followed by the others. "I found it!" Paige exclaimed excitedly. She pushed outwards, and a door was opened, exposing the group to sunlight. They all squinted. "Paige! That's too bright!" Phoebe complained. "Oh, shush!" Paige said, and exited the room.
She found herself on the roof. It was very pointy, much like the roof on the Manor, except much, much, much, much, much bigger. But, there was one difference. There was a wide path down the middle of the roof, about six feet wide. It was flanked on both sides by roof, creating a three-foot-high railing-ish thing. It led all the way to the other side of the long roof, ending in another door.
"Neat." Glenn said, coming up behind her. Phoebe brushed past her younger sister and ran about ten feet in front of everyone else. "Pheebs, wait up!" yelled Billy, who followed close behind. "Kids." Piper whispered to the other three older ones, and they all chuckled. "Hey, we're still here." Paige said, holding up her hand. "We knew that." Piper said quickly and nervously, causing everyone to laugh that time. "Hey, it won't open!"
The six turned their heads to find Phoebe and Billy at the end of the path. They were trying to pull open the door. "What do you mean it won't open?" Glenn called back down the long path. "We mean it won't budge!" Phoebe yelled back. "Okay! You need help?!?" Paige yelled. "It would be deeply appreciated!" Billy yelled, still tugging on the door. "Do you want the help now, or later?" Glenn asked. "Now would be nice!" Phoebe yelled. "Okay, we're coming!" Paige yelled, and she and Glenn took off down the path, leaving the four high schoolers behind.
"Was that really necessary?" Leo asked, as soon as the others were out of earshot. "The yelling?" Andy asked. "No, the barracuda. Of course I mean the yelling." Leo said sarcastically. "I don't think so." Andy said to his younger brother. The two girls looked at each other, eyebrows arched. Then, Piper turned to her boyfriend and asked "Where'd you come up with barracuda?" Leo just rolled his eyes, and began running down the path, Piper close on his heels. "Wait a minute, Mister! I wanna know where the hell you came up with the fish!" she called after him. Prue and Andy looked at each other, than burst out laughing. After they caught their breath, they followed the two younger teens down the path, wanting to know how a barracuda came up as well.
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By the time Prue, Andy, Piper, and Leo got to the door at the other end, they had found out where the barracuda had come from. Prue and Andy were a bit disgusted, but Piper wasn't, at all.
Also, they found that Phoebe, Billy, Paige, and Glenn were waiting for them. "We need more strength." Billy said. "No, I just think we need the right word." Andy said. When everyone looked at him queerly, he said "You know, like 'hell' for the lights in the passage." "Why do you think we need a word?" Billy asked. "Well," Leo said, catching on to his older brother's idea, "Everything so far has had some sort of protection. And, since this door isn't hidden, there must be a password."
"Okay." Phoebe said. "Um... open." she shouted at the door. Prue stared at her. "Did you really think it would be that easy?' she asked her sister. Phoebe just shrugged in response. "Rhubarb?" Glenn said. "Barracuda!" Leo said, causing himself and his girlfriend to burst out laughing. "What's so funny about that?" Billy asked. "You don't wanna know." Andy and Prue said at the same time. Billy just nodded, deciding to take their word for it.
"Bologna!" Paige said, pronouncing it 'bo-log-na' instead of 'baloney'. The other seven stared at her, then shifted their gaze to the door, which was slowly opening. "Oh my God." all three of her sisters said slowly. "Typical. Just typical." Glenn said, rolling his eyes. "Aw, shut up, pretty boy." Paige said, running inside. "Pretty boy?" Billy asked, staring at his younger brother. "Don't ask." he said, then ran in after his girlfriend, leaving the older six behind.
"Pretty boy? Is that like barracuda?" Piper asked, glancing at Leo. "Don't even think about it." he said, and then pulled Piper behind him, running in after the two youngest. Phoebe and Billy then turned to the eldest couple. "Barracuda?" Phoebe asked. "You don't wanna know." Andy said. "You REALLY don't wanna know." Prue added. "We'll take your word for that." Billy said, and he and Phoebe headed in. Prue and Andy looked at each other, then shuddered. They then ran in after their younger siblings.
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AN: Barracuda just speaks wonders, doesn't it? I know what it means in my head, but I'm not gonna type it. I don't want to make this fic R. That's why there are just hints. Okay, another crap chapter, but I have some serious writer's block. But, I do have a lot more of an idea for the next chapters, so I hopefully won't take as long. Hopefully. Anyway, this is after a song by Sly & The Family! Review, pretty pretty please! It will help speed up my update process!