Chapter four
Ten minutes later, Paige, Piper, Phoebe and Leo, stood around the pedestal in the attic on which was perched the book of shadows, their family heritage. The sacred, antique volume, was the very source of their powers. Phoebe had discovered it one stormy evening, right after the death of their grandmother. She had read an incantation from the book aloud and had, without meaning too, awakened their dormant powers. The musty pages held information and vanquishes for most of the evil world.
Piper was flipping through the pages, her frustration growing. "OOOOH!" she groaned. "We haven't found anything yet, and we're already over half way through the book!" Leo slipped his arms around his wife's waist and Piper leaned against his broad chest. She felt so safe in his comforting embrace. "It's Okay honey." He told her softly. He kissed her hair. "Your sisters and I won't let anything happen to you." He moved his hands down to her hips and looked at Phoebe and Paige. "I should go to the elders and find out what I can. They might have some information we could find useful." Piper turned around to face Leo and hugged him back. "Hurry back." He leaned in and kissed her deeply. Then he disappeared in a swirl of lights.
Piper turned her attention back to the book. She turned 3 more pages before she saw it. "Hey, guys. I think I've found our demon." Phoebe and Paige leaned in to look at the double page before them. On the first of the two pages was a picture of a group of demons; all looked identical to the one that had attacked them. The other page was purely hand written text, in looping, gothic script. "Anubi." Paige read aloud. "According to the information, there are about one hundred of these things lurking." Phoebe didn't want to hear about how many there were, or even what powers they had, she just wanted to know one thing: "Is there a vanquish?" She enquired. Paige skimmed down the page. "Well, they can protect themselves against a witches powers," she informed them. 'That's why I couldn't blow it up.' Piper realised. "But the vanquish is nice and simple." She continued. "a potion. But a couple of the ingredients may be hard to get hold of, so I think that we should just concentrate on the demon you saw incinerate our sister." "Good idea." Piper agreed, her voice dripping with sarcasm….
An hour later, they had scoured the book from cover to cover, but there was nothing about the demon from Phoebe's vision. Phoebe slammed the book closed, revealing the triquetra, the symbol of the power of three which adorned the front cover. 'Leo where are you.' Piper thought desperately. As if on cue, swirling white lights appeared in the middle of the attic and took the form of her husband. Usually, just the site of her him made her knees go weak with relief, but now, the grave and worried look on his face was making her feel worse. She knew something was wrong. "Leo. What is it?" she murmured. "The elders told me that Phoebe's vision was eight months into the future." Leo stated. Phoebe was taken aback. "Eight months?!" she squeaked. Her visions had never taken place more than a week into the future before, apart from the time she had had a vision of them in their future bodies from 2009. "Yeah." Leo confirmed. "So we're going to have to wait eight months to kill this thing?" Paige said exasperated. "Not if I can help it." Phoebe assured her. "I think it's time we paid the future another little visit."
I apologise for how short this Chapter is. I have uploaded Chapter five to go with it though. Enjoy!