AN: I'm actually updating quicker! Gasp! And, it's a longer chapter! More gasping!
CharmedMilliE - Thanks! I thought that last chapter was crap, but apparently, you didn't think so!
winter - Thanks, I thought it was horrible. And I totally agree with you. I hate homework!
p3charmed4eva - That was really funny. ROFL! Haha! Anyway, let's see, what were they talking about. You do know that barracudas are long, big fish, right? Or, at least they are. Anyway, long, big, Prue and Andy disgusted, Piper giggling... put the pieces together, person! Thanks for the review!
OTHCharmedFreak - I am trying my best to get over it, see? Oh, and thanks so much! I love writing my teen stories!
Gryffindor620 - Heehee! Thanks!
peanut2lb - Oh, I think I am slowly getting rid of my writer's block, but thanks. Also, I know I've been short in the suspense department recently, but the stuff will come back soon!
piperleo4eva - Yes, barracuda is something dirty. Yup. Yes, leave it up to teenagers, as I am one too! Teehee! Thanks!
leojunkie-charmed04 - Barracuda is a nickname for Leo's.... you can fill in the blank. Yup. I'm dirty. Anyway, thanks so much for the review!
Now, chapter 13...
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Paige was silently chuckling as she ran into the room. She thought that the 'pretty boy' comment that she made to Glenn was very funny. 'If only I had a camera the moment I said that to him.' she thought. 'I would love to have a picture of his face then for all eternity. It would always be good for a great laugh'
Paige was pulled away from her wandering thoughts when she ran into a wall. She bounced back and painfully landed on the floor. "Ow." she said to herself, holding her head and slowly sitting up. "It is not smart to run into walls." "No, it's not, Paige." She turned her head around quickly, causing a little pain. Glenn was standing there, looking like he was trying his hardest not to roll on the floor laughing. "You would not be that close to laughing if it happened to you, pretty boy." Paige said, getting up while still holding her head. She thought that she might have a slight concussion, but not enough to have it checked out at a hospital or anything. "You're right, I wouldn't. But, it didn't happen to me, it happened to you, so you know what I'm gonna do?" he asked. "What?" Paige asked, half-expecting what the answer would be. "Laugh." Glenn said. Then, true to his word, he burst out laughing.
"What the hell happened here?" The lights came on, Glenn stopped laughing, and he and Paige turned towards the door. There Piper was, looking oddly at the two of them, with Leo right behind her. "Paige ran into a wall." Glenn said, smiling. "She did? You did?" Piper asked, turning to her youngest sister. Paige just nodded her head, then winced. "Oh, you okay?" Piper asked, running over to Paige. She checked out Paige's head. "Not bad. You'll be fine." she said, looking her sister in the eyes. It was then that she noticed that laughter was in the background. She turned to the two guys, looking very annoyed. "Oh, I bet you wouldn't be laughing if it happened to you, boys." Piper said. "Paige already pointed that out." Glenn said. "And, by the way, it wasn't us, it was Paige." Leo said, still chuckling.
Piper then did something that surprised the other three. She pushed Leo into the wall. She had him pinned against the wall, facing her. "Now it's me." he said, still a bit shocked. "You're right. And, you know what I'm gonna do now?" she asked. "What?" Leo asked. Then, he got his answer. Piper leaned forward and kissed him, still pinning him against the wall. "Oh, God. I think we just walked in on some horny sixteen-year-olds."
Piper immediately pulled away from her boyfriend and looked at the door. Phoebe and Billy were standing there, smirks on their faces. "You think this is bad? We've been here since the beginning." Glenn said, looking up at the two. He and Paige were now sitting on the floor, leaning against a different wall. "Oh, shut up." Leo said. "Yeah. It's not like you two haven't kissed." Piper added. "Who two haven't kissed?"
Prue and Andy had just walked into the room in the middle of the conversation. "Glenn and Paige, Prue. They haven't kissed." Andy said. "No, they have." Phoebe said, looking at the youngest couple. All four boys stared at her. "What? You didn't know?" Phoebe asked, bewilderedly. The older three just shook their heads, while Glenn turned to Paige. "You told them?" he asked. "Yeah, we're sisters." Paige said. "We tell each other everything." stated Piper. "I though you would've learned that by now." Prue said, smiling. "Oh, by the way," she said, turning to Andy, "All three of them know about the other night." "And," Piper said, turning to Leo, "My sisters know about the other night, too." "Wait a minute. Leo? You..." Andy said, looking at his younger brother. "What are we being left out of?" Billy asked, turning to his younger brother. "Oh, Prue and Andy slept together, and so did Piper and Leo." Phoebe said nonchalantly, then snapped her hand up to her mouth. She removed it for a moment to say "I SO did not mean to say that!"
At that, Billy and Glenn looked at their older brothers. "Gross." they said in unison. "Anyway, you and Phoebe made out in the back of the theater." Prue said, trying to steer the conversation away from the current topic. "So what?" Billy asked, noticing his brothers' staring at him. "It was NOTHING compared to what you older four did." "Phoebe said the same thing." Paige noted.
"Anyway," Prue said, trying a different approach. "Why are we all standing in this room? I mean, this can't be all." "So," Andy added, "how about we all stop talking, and try to look for one of the secret stuff." "I totally agree." Piper said, also not wanting to talk about it anymore. The others agreed, and they all began searching for a door.
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After about ten minutes, Glenn screamed out in frustration. "Grr! This is taking too long!" he said, and stomped down on the floor really hard. One of the floorboards shot up, and whacked him in the face. "Gah!" he shouted, and grabbed his nose. This sure got the other's attention. Paige began laughing, while the others turned their gaze to her. "What?" she asked innocently. "He laughed at me, so I can laugh at him."
"Wait a minute..." Leo said, looking at the floorboard. "What?" Piper asked, looking questioningly at her boyfriend as he bent down. He took the floorboard, and lifted it up, revealing a handle. "Oh." Piper said, kneeling down next to him. Soon, the other six crowded around too. Leo tried pulling up the handle, but the door was stuck. He took of the floorboard next to the handle, and found more of the trapdoor. "Hey, guys, can you help me in lifting up floorboards? We need to uncover the trapdoor before opening it." he said, and lifted up another floorboard. "Sure, bro." Andy said, and he helped his oldest younger brother.
Soon, all the floorboards covering the trapdoor were lifted up. "Hey, can I open it?" Glenn asked. "Why?" Paige asked, wanting to open it first. "Because I discovered it and got injured because of it." Glenn said, pointing to his nose, which had swollen a slight bit. "Kay." Paige said. Everyone cleared the area so that he could open it all the way. He reached down, and pulled the handle, revealing a dark area. There was no ladder, no stairs, no nothing.
"What the hell?" he asked, and the lights went out. "Glenn!" he heard different people yell. "Okay, okay!" he said. "Hell!" The lights came back on. "And, why did you turn out the lights, Glenn?" Prue inquired. "Because, I can't see anything down there." he said, pointing down into the hole. Everyone came closer, and looked down. "It looks like it leads somewhere, but where?" Billy said. "And how do we get there? I mean, there doesn't seem to be a way down." Piper said. "Funny you should say that." Glenn said, and pushed her down into the hole.
Piper fell in, and the other six stared at Glenn, completely shocked. "What?" he asked. "She's survived the most near-death stuff. She'll be fine." The others just glared at him, looking like they were going to kill him. He shrunk away from them, and ended up falling into the hole himself.
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Piper felt herself being pushed into the hole. She was about to scream, when she landed on something soft. She felt around it. It was a mattress. 'Wow, that was a short drop, and a lucky landing." she thought to herself. 'I wonder who pushed me.' She then stood up, and looked around. Well, she tried to look around. She could barely see her hand in front of her face. "Hell." she whispered, and, amazingly, the lights didn't come on. She walked forward a little bit, and ran into something. 'A wall.' Piper thought, stepping away and rubbing her head, which had smacked against it.
Suddenly, she heard someone land about ten feet behind her. "Ow." she heard a male voice whisper. Glenn's voice. She rolled her eyes. "You pushed me, didn't you?" she whispered. "Piper?" he asked, also whispering. "No, the Easter Bunny. Of course it's Piper!" Piper yelled/whispered. "Phew, you're okay. And, to answer your question, yeah. I figured that, out of all of us, you had the best chance of surviving." Glenn whispered meekly. "Oh, thanks!" Piper whispered sarcastically. "Did you think of asking me first?" "Oops." Glenn whispered, backing away from where he thought Piper was. He ended up backing into her. "Glenn!" Piper whispered harshly.
"Wait, Piper, why are we whispering?" Glenn whispered. "I don't know." Piper whispered back. "Well, the others are probably worried, so we better speak." Glenn whispered. "Okay." Piper answered under her breath. "So how about we do it?" Glenn whispered. "Kay." Piper whispered. Then, she said "Guys, come on down! It's okay!
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The other six were just staring at the hole in shock. They had all basically blocked out all sounds except their own heartbeats. They were completely amazed at what had just happened. Both Piper and Glenn had gone down the hole, maybe never to be seen again. They didn't realize it, but they had all been staring at it for a few moments.
Suddenly, they were all knocked back to planet earth. "Guys, come on down! It's okay!" they heard someone shout. Then, they all recognized the voice. It was Piper. "Piper, are you sure?" Paige called down. "Yeah, I'm sure. I wouldn't be speaking if it wasn't okay, would I?" Piper called back up. Unbeknownst to the other six, both Piper and Glenn were rolling their eyes. "But, you might want to come down one at a time. The landing space is small!" Piper called up, causing the six above to hesitate. "Come down already!" Glenn called up. Above, Paige shrugged. "Okay!" she called down. She then held her nose, and jumped into the hole like it was a pool.
Piper and Glenn heard someone land on the mattress. "Wow, that was quick." someone voiced. "Hey, Paige." Glenn said. "Don't 'hey, Paige' me, bucko." Paige said huffily, and swiped at the area where she thought her friend was. She had a good guess, and slapped Glenn straight in the face. "Hey, what'd you do that for?" he asked. "You know what for!" Paige yelled. "Oh, Paige, I'm over it. Besides, I've already yelled at him. Well, whispered at him. Never mind." Piper said, giving up. "I scolded him anyway." "Well, that's good. He deserved it." Paige said. She wasn't quite so angry due to Piper's reaction. "But, SHE didn't hit me." Glenn pointed out. "If you don't want me to do it again, you'll shut up." Paige warned. Glenn did as he was told.
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A few minutes and a couple of Glenn-hittings later, everyone was down in the dark room, landing area, and whatever else it was. "Anyone have any idea how we're gonna get out of here?" Billy asked, looking around for his friends and brothers. He couldn't see anything except darkness. "How about we search for a door?" Prue said. "Geezes, how many doors does this place have anyway?" Phoebe said. "I don't know, but I hope not too much more." Piper said, completely meaning what she said. The place was a complete maze to her. "Well, I at least hope that there is at least one more, so we can get out of here." Andy said. "So, let's start searching." Prue said, and walked over to a wall, feeling around it for a door handle. The others quickly joined her in the search.
About two minutes later, Andy said "I think I have it." The others followed the sound of his voice, and, after stepping on a few feet, everyone crowded around him. He tugged on the handle, and the room was immediately filled with some light. The group was a bit blinded at first, as they had not been able to see anything for a while.
As soon as their sight readjusted, they could make out the room. There was a wood floor, ceiling, and walls. The four windows in the largish room were the source of light. There were numerous wooden bookshelves, with tons of different items on them. Only one of the bookshelves had books on it. There was a wooden chest under each window, each one of the four very elegantly carved. The floor of the room would have been empty, if it weren't for the alter-like place smack dab in the middle of it. The entire room was incredibly dusty, and had cobwebs.
Phoebe was the first one who dared to go into the room. Being the book fanatic that she is, she immediately ran over to the only shelf with books on it. She pulled one down, sat on the floor, and opened it. It was then that some of the others built up the nerves to wander inside too. Paige meandered over to one of the chests, looking at the carvings. Glenn eased his way through the doorway, and walked over to the nearest shelf, looking at all the different knives on it. He was soon joined by his youngest older brother, Billy. Andy and Prue then walked over to the windows, looking at the view. Leo also walked over to the bookshelf, while Piper walked over to Phoebe, who seemed fascinated by the book she had picked out.
When Piper sat down next to her sister, Phoebe finally looked up. "Hey, what are you reading?" Piper asked, peeking over Phoebe's shoulder. "Oh, it's called 'The Book of Prophesies'." Phoebe said, flipping the book back to it's first page. "'The Book of Prophesies'?" Piper asked, doing her trademark raising-eyebrow look. "Yup." Phoebe said, nodding her head. She then put the book on both her and her sister's laps. "So, what kind of stuff does it have in this book?" Piper asked, looking at the worn page. "Well, let's see..." Phoebe said, and flipped to a random page.
"Okay, here it says that there was this powerful witch named... Melinda Warren. She was telekinetic, could stop time, and had premonitions. Before Melinda was burned at the stake, she vowed that each generation of Warren witches would become stronger and stronger, cultivating in the arrival of three sisters. These sisters would be the most powerful good witches the world has ever known." Phoebe read. Piper looked at her skeptically. "Uh-huh. And I'm a witch too, and can blow things up." she said sarcastically. She then stood up.
"Well," Phoebe said, standing up too, "I believe it." "Yeah? Well, I think it's a load of crap." Piper said. "Oh, really? Well, how about this one?" she asked, flipping to another page. "When three planets burn as one over a sky of dancing light, and magic will rest for a day to welcome a twice blessed child." Phoebe read. Piper did the one-eyebrow thing again. Phoebe, noticing her sister's look, said "Okay, well, maybe that's not the best example." she admitted. "Yeah, that proves that that stuff can't happen." Piper said.
"What can't happen?" Andy asked, her and Andy joining the two. They seemed to have gotten bored looking out the windows. "The stuff in that 'Book of Prophesies." Piper said, pointing to the book in Phoebe's arms. "There's a 'Book of Prophesies' now?" Prue asked. "First secret passageways, then an occult symbol, more secret stuff, and now this?" "Well, it seems that whoever lived here was part of the occult." Andy said. "No duh." Prue said. "Well, then that person was ridiculous." Piper said. "There are no such things as true prophesies, no such things as witches, and there is CERTAINLY no such thing as ma-"
"Sorry to interrupt." Leo said, looking at his watch. "But it's almost 6. We better find a way out of here, then head home." The four talking looked at each other, back at him, then nodded. They didn't want the adults in their families to worry about them. "Yeah, the only problem is that we don't know how to get out of this attic." Andy pointed out.
Meanwhile, Billy, Paige, and Glenn were over at the other side of the attic. "Oh, Paige, thanks so much for the slap earlier." Glenn said. "She slapped you?" Billy asked, turning to his brother. "Yup." Paige said, smiling. "Why are you smiling?" Glenn asked. "As I said, you deserved it." Paige said. She then stuck her tongue out at him. "Oh, nice Paige." Glenn said, turning away from her. Paige then scowled. "And you deserve this too." she whispered under her breath. She then swung her leg up at Glenn's butt with all her might. At the last moment, he took a step forward, causing her to miss.
This caused her to become unbalanced, and she fell back into the wall. But, it turned out that it wasn't a wall, it was a hidden door. The impact of Paige hitting it caused it to come off it's hinges. Since Paige fell back onto it, she stayed with her back on it. And, there ended up being stairs behind the hidden door. Paige slid down the steps on the door, her eyes closed, screaming and covering her head the entire way. The door at the bottom of the steps opened when the door crashed into it. Paige continued skidding along the floor of the room she had entered, when she finally ran into something. She opened her eyes, and saw that it was the old-fashioned stove she had caught a glimpse of during their short tour of the second floor.
Her screaming had alerted everyone in the room, which caused them all to head to the newly-created opening. Billy and Glenn were the only two to catch a glimpse of her as she headed through the second door and out of sight. "Paige! Are you okay?!?" Piper called down. Down in the kitchen, Paige stood up, brushed herself off, and yelled "Yeah, I'm fine! Just a bit... startled." She then heard thundering footsteps down the stairs, and soon saw her friends and sisters. "I guess I found the way out." Paige said, smiling. "Yeah, you did." Phoebe said, chuckling.
"Hey, wait, this is the kitchen." Piper said, looking around. "How observant of you." Paige said sarcastically. "That staircase did seem long." Billy said. "What do you mean?" Prue asked. "I mean that the staircase did seem longer than one story. So, that would mean that the room we were just in would be like the fourth floor or something, because a three-story staircase would take up too much space. And, since the drop onto the mattress was short, the roof-path thing would be like the fifth story." When he stopped voicing his realization, he noticed that everyone else was looking at him. "Oh my God." Glenn said. "What?" Billy asked. "You actually figured out something, for once." Glenn said, smiling. That made some of the others laugh. "Oh, shut up." Billy said, playfully smacking him upside the head.
"I hate to break this up, but..." Leo started. "We have to go. We know, we know." Piper said. "Come on, guys." Prue said. The group left the room and headed for the staircase leading to the third story.
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AN: There, another chapter done. I know, another crap chapter, but could you please review anyway? This chapter is named after a song by 3 Doors Down!
CharmedMilliE - Thanks! I thought that last chapter was crap, but apparently, you didn't think so!
winter - Thanks, I thought it was horrible. And I totally agree with you. I hate homework!
p3charmed4eva - That was really funny. ROFL! Haha! Anyway, let's see, what were they talking about. You do know that barracudas are long, big fish, right? Or, at least they are. Anyway, long, big, Prue and Andy disgusted, Piper giggling... put the pieces together, person! Thanks for the review!
OTHCharmedFreak - I am trying my best to get over it, see? Oh, and thanks so much! I love writing my teen stories!
Gryffindor620 - Heehee! Thanks!
peanut2lb - Oh, I think I am slowly getting rid of my writer's block, but thanks. Also, I know I've been short in the suspense department recently, but the stuff will come back soon!
piperleo4eva - Yes, barracuda is something dirty. Yup. Yes, leave it up to teenagers, as I am one too! Teehee! Thanks!
leojunkie-charmed04 - Barracuda is a nickname for Leo's.... you can fill in the blank. Yup. I'm dirty. Anyway, thanks so much for the review!
Now, chapter 13...
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Paige was silently chuckling as she ran into the room. She thought that the 'pretty boy' comment that she made to Glenn was very funny. 'If only I had a camera the moment I said that to him.' she thought. 'I would love to have a picture of his face then for all eternity. It would always be good for a great laugh'
Paige was pulled away from her wandering thoughts when she ran into a wall. She bounced back and painfully landed on the floor. "Ow." she said to herself, holding her head and slowly sitting up. "It is not smart to run into walls." "No, it's not, Paige." She turned her head around quickly, causing a little pain. Glenn was standing there, looking like he was trying his hardest not to roll on the floor laughing. "You would not be that close to laughing if it happened to you, pretty boy." Paige said, getting up while still holding her head. She thought that she might have a slight concussion, but not enough to have it checked out at a hospital or anything. "You're right, I wouldn't. But, it didn't happen to me, it happened to you, so you know what I'm gonna do?" he asked. "What?" Paige asked, half-expecting what the answer would be. "Laugh." Glenn said. Then, true to his word, he burst out laughing.
"What the hell happened here?" The lights came on, Glenn stopped laughing, and he and Paige turned towards the door. There Piper was, looking oddly at the two of them, with Leo right behind her. "Paige ran into a wall." Glenn said, smiling. "She did? You did?" Piper asked, turning to her youngest sister. Paige just nodded her head, then winced. "Oh, you okay?" Piper asked, running over to Paige. She checked out Paige's head. "Not bad. You'll be fine." she said, looking her sister in the eyes. It was then that she noticed that laughter was in the background. She turned to the two guys, looking very annoyed. "Oh, I bet you wouldn't be laughing if it happened to you, boys." Piper said. "Paige already pointed that out." Glenn said. "And, by the way, it wasn't us, it was Paige." Leo said, still chuckling.
Piper then did something that surprised the other three. She pushed Leo into the wall. She had him pinned against the wall, facing her. "Now it's me." he said, still a bit shocked. "You're right. And, you know what I'm gonna do now?" she asked. "What?" Leo asked. Then, he got his answer. Piper leaned forward and kissed him, still pinning him against the wall. "Oh, God. I think we just walked in on some horny sixteen-year-olds."
Piper immediately pulled away from her boyfriend and looked at the door. Phoebe and Billy were standing there, smirks on their faces. "You think this is bad? We've been here since the beginning." Glenn said, looking up at the two. He and Paige were now sitting on the floor, leaning against a different wall. "Oh, shut up." Leo said. "Yeah. It's not like you two haven't kissed." Piper added. "Who two haven't kissed?"
Prue and Andy had just walked into the room in the middle of the conversation. "Glenn and Paige, Prue. They haven't kissed." Andy said. "No, they have." Phoebe said, looking at the youngest couple. All four boys stared at her. "What? You didn't know?" Phoebe asked, bewilderedly. The older three just shook their heads, while Glenn turned to Paige. "You told them?" he asked. "Yeah, we're sisters." Paige said. "We tell each other everything." stated Piper. "I though you would've learned that by now." Prue said, smiling. "Oh, by the way," she said, turning to Andy, "All three of them know about the other night." "And," Piper said, turning to Leo, "My sisters know about the other night, too." "Wait a minute. Leo? You..." Andy said, looking at his younger brother. "What are we being left out of?" Billy asked, turning to his younger brother. "Oh, Prue and Andy slept together, and so did Piper and Leo." Phoebe said nonchalantly, then snapped her hand up to her mouth. She removed it for a moment to say "I SO did not mean to say that!"
At that, Billy and Glenn looked at their older brothers. "Gross." they said in unison. "Anyway, you and Phoebe made out in the back of the theater." Prue said, trying to steer the conversation away from the current topic. "So what?" Billy asked, noticing his brothers' staring at him. "It was NOTHING compared to what you older four did." "Phoebe said the same thing." Paige noted.
"Anyway," Prue said, trying a different approach. "Why are we all standing in this room? I mean, this can't be all." "So," Andy added, "how about we all stop talking, and try to look for one of the secret stuff." "I totally agree." Piper said, also not wanting to talk about it anymore. The others agreed, and they all began searching for a door.
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After about ten minutes, Glenn screamed out in frustration. "Grr! This is taking too long!" he said, and stomped down on the floor really hard. One of the floorboards shot up, and whacked him in the face. "Gah!" he shouted, and grabbed his nose. This sure got the other's attention. Paige began laughing, while the others turned their gaze to her. "What?" she asked innocently. "He laughed at me, so I can laugh at him."
"Wait a minute..." Leo said, looking at the floorboard. "What?" Piper asked, looking questioningly at her boyfriend as he bent down. He took the floorboard, and lifted it up, revealing a handle. "Oh." Piper said, kneeling down next to him. Soon, the other six crowded around too. Leo tried pulling up the handle, but the door was stuck. He took of the floorboard next to the handle, and found more of the trapdoor. "Hey, guys, can you help me in lifting up floorboards? We need to uncover the trapdoor before opening it." he said, and lifted up another floorboard. "Sure, bro." Andy said, and he helped his oldest younger brother.
Soon, all the floorboards covering the trapdoor were lifted up. "Hey, can I open it?" Glenn asked. "Why?" Paige asked, wanting to open it first. "Because I discovered it and got injured because of it." Glenn said, pointing to his nose, which had swollen a slight bit. "Kay." Paige said. Everyone cleared the area so that he could open it all the way. He reached down, and pulled the handle, revealing a dark area. There was no ladder, no stairs, no nothing.
"What the hell?" he asked, and the lights went out. "Glenn!" he heard different people yell. "Okay, okay!" he said. "Hell!" The lights came back on. "And, why did you turn out the lights, Glenn?" Prue inquired. "Because, I can't see anything down there." he said, pointing down into the hole. Everyone came closer, and looked down. "It looks like it leads somewhere, but where?" Billy said. "And how do we get there? I mean, there doesn't seem to be a way down." Piper said. "Funny you should say that." Glenn said, and pushed her down into the hole.
Piper fell in, and the other six stared at Glenn, completely shocked. "What?" he asked. "She's survived the most near-death stuff. She'll be fine." The others just glared at him, looking like they were going to kill him. He shrunk away from them, and ended up falling into the hole himself.
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Piper felt herself being pushed into the hole. She was about to scream, when she landed on something soft. She felt around it. It was a mattress. 'Wow, that was a short drop, and a lucky landing." she thought to herself. 'I wonder who pushed me.' She then stood up, and looked around. Well, she tried to look around. She could barely see her hand in front of her face. "Hell." she whispered, and, amazingly, the lights didn't come on. She walked forward a little bit, and ran into something. 'A wall.' Piper thought, stepping away and rubbing her head, which had smacked against it.
Suddenly, she heard someone land about ten feet behind her. "Ow." she heard a male voice whisper. Glenn's voice. She rolled her eyes. "You pushed me, didn't you?" she whispered. "Piper?" he asked, also whispering. "No, the Easter Bunny. Of course it's Piper!" Piper yelled/whispered. "Phew, you're okay. And, to answer your question, yeah. I figured that, out of all of us, you had the best chance of surviving." Glenn whispered meekly. "Oh, thanks!" Piper whispered sarcastically. "Did you think of asking me first?" "Oops." Glenn whispered, backing away from where he thought Piper was. He ended up backing into her. "Glenn!" Piper whispered harshly.
"Wait, Piper, why are we whispering?" Glenn whispered. "I don't know." Piper whispered back. "Well, the others are probably worried, so we better speak." Glenn whispered. "Okay." Piper answered under her breath. "So how about we do it?" Glenn whispered. "Kay." Piper whispered. Then, she said "Guys, come on down! It's okay!
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The other six were just staring at the hole in shock. They had all basically blocked out all sounds except their own heartbeats. They were completely amazed at what had just happened. Both Piper and Glenn had gone down the hole, maybe never to be seen again. They didn't realize it, but they had all been staring at it for a few moments.
Suddenly, they were all knocked back to planet earth. "Guys, come on down! It's okay!" they heard someone shout. Then, they all recognized the voice. It was Piper. "Piper, are you sure?" Paige called down. "Yeah, I'm sure. I wouldn't be speaking if it wasn't okay, would I?" Piper called back up. Unbeknownst to the other six, both Piper and Glenn were rolling their eyes. "But, you might want to come down one at a time. The landing space is small!" Piper called up, causing the six above to hesitate. "Come down already!" Glenn called up. Above, Paige shrugged. "Okay!" she called down. She then held her nose, and jumped into the hole like it was a pool.
Piper and Glenn heard someone land on the mattress. "Wow, that was quick." someone voiced. "Hey, Paige." Glenn said. "Don't 'hey, Paige' me, bucko." Paige said huffily, and swiped at the area where she thought her friend was. She had a good guess, and slapped Glenn straight in the face. "Hey, what'd you do that for?" he asked. "You know what for!" Paige yelled. "Oh, Paige, I'm over it. Besides, I've already yelled at him. Well, whispered at him. Never mind." Piper said, giving up. "I scolded him anyway." "Well, that's good. He deserved it." Paige said. She wasn't quite so angry due to Piper's reaction. "But, SHE didn't hit me." Glenn pointed out. "If you don't want me to do it again, you'll shut up." Paige warned. Glenn did as he was told.
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A few minutes and a couple of Glenn-hittings later, everyone was down in the dark room, landing area, and whatever else it was. "Anyone have any idea how we're gonna get out of here?" Billy asked, looking around for his friends and brothers. He couldn't see anything except darkness. "How about we search for a door?" Prue said. "Geezes, how many doors does this place have anyway?" Phoebe said. "I don't know, but I hope not too much more." Piper said, completely meaning what she said. The place was a complete maze to her. "Well, I at least hope that there is at least one more, so we can get out of here." Andy said. "So, let's start searching." Prue said, and walked over to a wall, feeling around it for a door handle. The others quickly joined her in the search.
About two minutes later, Andy said "I think I have it." The others followed the sound of his voice, and, after stepping on a few feet, everyone crowded around him. He tugged on the handle, and the room was immediately filled with some light. The group was a bit blinded at first, as they had not been able to see anything for a while.
As soon as their sight readjusted, they could make out the room. There was a wood floor, ceiling, and walls. The four windows in the largish room were the source of light. There were numerous wooden bookshelves, with tons of different items on them. Only one of the bookshelves had books on it. There was a wooden chest under each window, each one of the four very elegantly carved. The floor of the room would have been empty, if it weren't for the alter-like place smack dab in the middle of it. The entire room was incredibly dusty, and had cobwebs.
Phoebe was the first one who dared to go into the room. Being the book fanatic that she is, she immediately ran over to the only shelf with books on it. She pulled one down, sat on the floor, and opened it. It was then that some of the others built up the nerves to wander inside too. Paige meandered over to one of the chests, looking at the carvings. Glenn eased his way through the doorway, and walked over to the nearest shelf, looking at all the different knives on it. He was soon joined by his youngest older brother, Billy. Andy and Prue then walked over to the windows, looking at the view. Leo also walked over to the bookshelf, while Piper walked over to Phoebe, who seemed fascinated by the book she had picked out.
When Piper sat down next to her sister, Phoebe finally looked up. "Hey, what are you reading?" Piper asked, peeking over Phoebe's shoulder. "Oh, it's called 'The Book of Prophesies'." Phoebe said, flipping the book back to it's first page. "'The Book of Prophesies'?" Piper asked, doing her trademark raising-eyebrow look. "Yup." Phoebe said, nodding her head. She then put the book on both her and her sister's laps. "So, what kind of stuff does it have in this book?" Piper asked, looking at the worn page. "Well, let's see..." Phoebe said, and flipped to a random page.
"Okay, here it says that there was this powerful witch named... Melinda Warren. She was telekinetic, could stop time, and had premonitions. Before Melinda was burned at the stake, she vowed that each generation of Warren witches would become stronger and stronger, cultivating in the arrival of three sisters. These sisters would be the most powerful good witches the world has ever known." Phoebe read. Piper looked at her skeptically. "Uh-huh. And I'm a witch too, and can blow things up." she said sarcastically. She then stood up.
"Well," Phoebe said, standing up too, "I believe it." "Yeah? Well, I think it's a load of crap." Piper said. "Oh, really? Well, how about this one?" she asked, flipping to another page. "When three planets burn as one over a sky of dancing light, and magic will rest for a day to welcome a twice blessed child." Phoebe read. Piper did the one-eyebrow thing again. Phoebe, noticing her sister's look, said "Okay, well, maybe that's not the best example." she admitted. "Yeah, that proves that that stuff can't happen." Piper said.
"What can't happen?" Andy asked, her and Andy joining the two. They seemed to have gotten bored looking out the windows. "The stuff in that 'Book of Prophesies." Piper said, pointing to the book in Phoebe's arms. "There's a 'Book of Prophesies' now?" Prue asked. "First secret passageways, then an occult symbol, more secret stuff, and now this?" "Well, it seems that whoever lived here was part of the occult." Andy said. "No duh." Prue said. "Well, then that person was ridiculous." Piper said. "There are no such things as true prophesies, no such things as witches, and there is CERTAINLY no such thing as ma-"
"Sorry to interrupt." Leo said, looking at his watch. "But it's almost 6. We better find a way out of here, then head home." The four talking looked at each other, back at him, then nodded. They didn't want the adults in their families to worry about them. "Yeah, the only problem is that we don't know how to get out of this attic." Andy pointed out.
Meanwhile, Billy, Paige, and Glenn were over at the other side of the attic. "Oh, Paige, thanks so much for the slap earlier." Glenn said. "She slapped you?" Billy asked, turning to his brother. "Yup." Paige said, smiling. "Why are you smiling?" Glenn asked. "As I said, you deserved it." Paige said. She then stuck her tongue out at him. "Oh, nice Paige." Glenn said, turning away from her. Paige then scowled. "And you deserve this too." she whispered under her breath. She then swung her leg up at Glenn's butt with all her might. At the last moment, he took a step forward, causing her to miss.
This caused her to become unbalanced, and she fell back into the wall. But, it turned out that it wasn't a wall, it was a hidden door. The impact of Paige hitting it caused it to come off it's hinges. Since Paige fell back onto it, she stayed with her back on it. And, there ended up being stairs behind the hidden door. Paige slid down the steps on the door, her eyes closed, screaming and covering her head the entire way. The door at the bottom of the steps opened when the door crashed into it. Paige continued skidding along the floor of the room she had entered, when she finally ran into something. She opened her eyes, and saw that it was the old-fashioned stove she had caught a glimpse of during their short tour of the second floor.
Her screaming had alerted everyone in the room, which caused them all to head to the newly-created opening. Billy and Glenn were the only two to catch a glimpse of her as she headed through the second door and out of sight. "Paige! Are you okay?!?" Piper called down. Down in the kitchen, Paige stood up, brushed herself off, and yelled "Yeah, I'm fine! Just a bit... startled." She then heard thundering footsteps down the stairs, and soon saw her friends and sisters. "I guess I found the way out." Paige said, smiling. "Yeah, you did." Phoebe said, chuckling.
"Hey, wait, this is the kitchen." Piper said, looking around. "How observant of you." Paige said sarcastically. "That staircase did seem long." Billy said. "What do you mean?" Prue asked. "I mean that the staircase did seem longer than one story. So, that would mean that the room we were just in would be like the fourth floor or something, because a three-story staircase would take up too much space. And, since the drop onto the mattress was short, the roof-path thing would be like the fifth story." When he stopped voicing his realization, he noticed that everyone else was looking at him. "Oh my God." Glenn said. "What?" Billy asked. "You actually figured out something, for once." Glenn said, smiling. That made some of the others laugh. "Oh, shut up." Billy said, playfully smacking him upside the head.
"I hate to break this up, but..." Leo started. "We have to go. We know, we know." Piper said. "Come on, guys." Prue said. The group left the room and headed for the staircase leading to the third story.
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AN: There, another chapter done. I know, another crap chapter, but could you please review anyway? This chapter is named after a song by 3 Doors Down!