A/N: winter blaze: Yeah, Persia's alive in the beginning of Phoebe's premonition, but she dies at the end. Jenny: Don't be silly, I'm not bothered by your questions at all! lol Thanks for reminding me. I have updated the kids' pictures. Persia, Pearl, Phiona, Pam, & Pandora's pictures are all in my profile now. ;)

The Blessed Ones
Chapter 9: Twist Of Fate

"....And then he shimmered out." Phoebe finished. She was now sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by Prue, Piper, Paige, and Leo. She'd just spent the last 15 minutes filling them in the the details of her premonition.

"So how can we get in without getting trapped?" Piper asked.

"Do you think I could phase?" Prue asked.

"No! Remember, the demon said that if some of the power leaves the crystals, it'll activate the explosion anyway!" Phoebe snapped.

"Leo, maybe you should go talk to The Elders?" Prue suggested. I doubt they will be any help. She thought.

Leo nodded. "I'll go see if they know anything." He quickly kissed Piper and then orbed out.

The clock chimed 10:30 A.M.

"What are we going to do?" Phoebe said, as she wiped her eyes. Do not break down, Pheebs. She thought.

Prue patted her younger sister on the back. "Don't worry, we'll find a way out of this. We always do. I promise!" Prue's voice sounded calm and steady, but inside, she was a nervous wreck.

"Can I see the book again, please?" Phoebe asked.

"You've been over that page at least ten times already!" Piper said.

"But...." Phoebe began.

"But nothing." Prue cut in. "Here, go make the potion!" Prue said, as she shoved a list at Phoebe.

Phoebe nodded and grabbed the list. She could feel Prue's fear, but she decided not to say anything.

"We'll need the girls for this spell." Prue said.

"Pam gets out in less than a half an hour. The other girls still have a little over two hours of school left." Paige said.

"It's Magic School, isn't it? We're all witches, they'll understand." Prue replied.

"So should I bring the girls back here?" Paige asked.

Cole chose that moment to shimmer into the room. "We've got problems! A new and very powerful demon is on the loose; he's captured a young witch and rumor has it, he's planning to bait you guys!"

Prue, Piper, and Paige exchanged glances and then turned to Phoebe.

Piper nodded. "I'll finish the potion." She said, as she walked over to Phoebe and took the paper from Phoebe's hands. "You go pick up the girls and you should probably fill Cole in too."

"What about Pandora?" Cole asked, confused.

"She's in the other room, playing with her dolls." Prue replied.

Cole nodded. "Phoebe, what do you need to tell me?" He asked.

Phoebe walked over to Cole and hugged him. "Just shimmer us to Magic School and I'll tell you there."

Cole wrapped his arms around Phoebe. "I love you." He whispered. Then shimmered them out.

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"Mommy!" Pandora screamed, in a terrified tone.

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Prue and Paige instantly bolted into the next room.

At that moment, 2 warlocks blinked in. "We have you now!" They snickered. Each one created an energy ball at Piper.

Piper turned to raise her hands, but a flash of white light surrounded her. The energy balls flew into the light and burnt up before reaching Piper's body.

The warlocks' eyes became huge.

The light around Piper faded away and Piper quickly raised her hands, exploding each warlock with each hand, simotaniously.

Prue walked in, holding Pandora, just in time to see the explosions. "Demons?"

"What?" Paige asked, as she walked in.

"No....warlocks. Two." Piper answered. She was still confused about what had just happened. "But, I exploded them before they could do any harm." Piper said, only half lying.

"A low level demon was trying to take Pandora. I vanquished him with his fire ball though." Prue said.

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Phoebe, Cole, Phiona, and Pam walked into Mrs. Green's classroom.

"Aunt Phoebe!" Pearl exclaimed, from her seat.

Mrs. Green spun around. "Phoebe and...."

"A demon!" A child shouted from his seat. "Balthezor! My mom warned me about you! Kill him!" He held out his hand and an athame formed, then he hurled it at Cole.

Phiona's eyes got huge and she held out her hand; orbs shot from her palm and surrounded the athame, then safely pulled it into her hand. Then the orbs vanished. "That's my Uncle, leave him alone!"

Mrs. Green motioned to the young boy. "Sit down, sit down. It's okay. Trust me." She glanced at Phoebe and Cole, then pointed to the doorway. "Come with me."

Phoebe, Cole, and Mrs. Green exited the room.

"What's this all about?" Mrs. Green asked.

"We need Pearl. We have a demonic situation that is So if you wouldn't mind...." Phoebe replied.

Mrs. Green's face softened. "Of course! Yes, I would suppose with your family history that there may be a lot of 'situations'. Yes, let me go get Pearl and the other two." She turned and went back into the room.

Moments later the 3 girls and Mrs. Green stepped back into the hallway.

"Thank you." Cole said.

"Will they be back later?" Mrs. Green asked.

"We'll try." Phoebe said.

Mrs. Green nodded. "Good luck." She said, before walking back into the classroom.

"What's going on?" Pearl asked. She felt bad, leaving Brandon.

"We'll explain when we get home." Phoebe said. "Just form a circle."

Cole, Phoebe, Pearl, Phiona, and Pam formed a circle.

Cole shimmered them all out.

----1 Hour Later----

"Sounds like a plan." Piper said. "But be extremely careful!"

"We will, I promise!" Leo said. He gave Piper a reassuring kiss.

"Well, let's do it!" Phoebe said. She looked at Leo and then took his hand.

Blue and white orbs began to surround Leo and then he levi-orbed into the air.

At the same moment, Phoebe levitated into the air next to Leo too.

Then Leo orbed himself and Phoebe out, in mid air.

"I feel con...." Paige began and then a cackle of energy filled the room, then a purple force field formed around the remaining family and 4 dark purple crystals began to glow from around the room.

2 demons flared in. "You didn't think the Master was that stupid, did you? He made sure he knew what was going on here at all times!"

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"And now I've trapped the entire family! I guess your premonitions can be useful sometimes, right Phoebe?" The demon who'd captured Persia said, as he polished his knife. He stared at Leo and Phoebe, who were trapped in the crystal cage within his cave, and grinned.

TO BE CONTINUED....