A/N: I really left ya'll hanging, didn't I? Well, wait no more! PiPeRAnGeL39: Well, I really didn't tell you the last clue. It's just one of those things that really doesn't get explained. Sorry. winter blaze: Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I'm dedicating this chapter to you! You've been totally cool! CharmedAli: Well, "I" can't save him, but I think I know someone who can.... wyatt333: Prissy will be born in just a few chapters. peanut2lb: ::raises eyebrows:: Hey, all of people, you should know that drama with the kids makes for some interesting twists. ;) lol Phyre: LOL Wow, Jock really infuriated you! She probably won't in "this" fic, but she may eventually in the sequel, but I haven't decided yet. Ok, I'll try to work something out about Persia's past. And yes, I'm still working on finding the pictures. I don't understand it though, because I can go find them on google, but the link won't connect them. :- Mak Eddie: Sure! I like riddles, I'm not the greatest with 'em, but I like them! charmedsisters: Yes, I know, it was pretty bad. But don't worry, I'm pretty sure the end of this chapter totally makes up for that last cliffhanger. babes: Prue - 38, Piper - 36, Phoebe - 33, Paige - 32, Persia - 14, Pearl - 8, Phiona - 7, Pam - 5, Pandora - 4.

The Blessed Ones
Chapter 37: The Healing Touch

Pearl let out a blood chilling scream, as she saw her best friend near death, right before her eyes. "Brandon!" She cried, as tears gushed from her eyes. She crawled to his side and pulled the athame from Bandon's chest. "No! No! You can't die! Please, no!" She sobbed, as she placed her small hands over Brandon's wounds.

A few tears slid down Brandon's cheeks too. "P..Pearl.." He whispered, as blood oozed from his mouth.

"Don't go! Don't die!" Pearl begged, as her hands were covered with her best friend's blood. "I can't loose you!" She grasped his blood soaked shirt. "Please!"

Brandon's eyes fluttered open and closed. "I..I..."

Pearl moved Brandon's head into her lap. "You're my best friend! You can't leave me!" She cried, hysterically. "I care about you too much! Please don't die, Brandon!"

"I..th..think I..l.." Brandon tried to say, but more blood gushed from his mouth. "I th..ink I..lo..love you." His eyes shut.

Pearl's voice was caught in her throat. Were her ears playing tricks on her, or did her best friend just tell her that he thinks that he loves her? She placed both hands over Brandon's wound, in a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding. "Brandon..." She sobbed.

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"What if the baby and I use our powers together?" Persia asked, as she wiped away a few tears from her face. "On the force field?"

"But it could hurt the baby!" Prue said.

"I think it's the best idea we've got." Cole said.

"And I'm right here to heal." Leo added.

"Are you sure you can channel the baby's powers?" Paige asked.

"I think so." Piper replied. She placed her hand over her large stomach. "You're gonna let mommy channel your powers to save your big sister and cousin, right?" A beam of light shot out from Piper's stomach and formed into a happy face, made of light.

"I think that's a 'yes'." Paige said.

Pandora giggled. "The baby's funny."

"Okay, take hands." Piper said.

Persia took ahold of Piper's hand. "On three. One...two..three!"

Persia and Piper held out their linked hands; Persia shot a bolt of electricity and Piper shot out a beam of white light, that acted as a laser. The electricity and the laser combined together and smacked into the force field, then the force field crackled with electricity, and fianlly a large hole broke open.

"They did it!" Prue cheered.

The group walked through the hole in the force field.

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Tears were still flooding down Pearl's face, but the bleeding wouldn't stop. "Brandon..." She gasped, through choking tears. "I..I think I love you too..." She broke into another round of sobs. "Come back!" Suddenly a golden glow emanted from her hands and Brandon's wound began to heal. Pearl's eyes became wide and she gasped, as the blood slowly vanished around Brandon's wound and his wound disappeared as well.

Brandon's eyes shot open and he coughed. "Pearl?"

The golden glow vanished from Pearl's hands, as Brandon's wound fully healed, but the blood on her hands remained. "Brandon!" She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "You're alive!"

"How? I...I thought I was gonna die!" Brandon exclaimed, as he loosened up a bit, and tightly hugged Pearl back.

"I..I don't know. I was crying and...you said you thought you.." Pearl stopped in mid sentence.

"That I loved you." Brandon finished.

"And then you fell unconscious and I said that I thought I loved you too. Then all of the sudden a golden light came from my hands, over your wound, and then you got healed." Pearl said.

Brandon grinned and pulled back. "I think...I think you got a new power."

"What?" Pearl asked.

"Well...Whitelighters heal and your like a fourth whitelighter....So, I think you got a new power: healing." Brandon explained.

"I guess...you're could be right. But whatever, I'm glad you're alive." Pearl said.

"Pearl?" Brandon asked, as he locked eyes with his best friend.

"Hmm?" Pearl mumbled.

"Do you really love me?" Brandon asked.

Pearl opened her mouth to answer, but before she could, she saw her mother walk into the room.

"Pearl! Brandon!" Paige burst out. She ran to Pearl, bent down, and hugged her daughter. Then she noticed the blood on Pearl's hands. "Oh my God! What happened?!"

"I almost died." Brandon spoke up. He got up from the floor. "But Pearl healed me."

"Pearl healed you?" Cole asked, with a confused look.

Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige exchanged looks. They all remembered their trip to the future and smiled. "She has a new power!"

"Well..I guess that's possible. She is part whitelighter." Leo commented.

Suddenly a scream was heard from down the hall.

"Pam!" Everyone said, in unison.

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Persia dashed into a room and saw Jock starting to surrounded her little sister in ice. She also saw all of Jock's other victims, fully encased in ice, including Phiona. "No!" She screamed. He held out her hand and electricity bolted from her palm, hit Jock, and sent him flying into the wall. She ran to Pam, who she realized was only encased in ice up to her neck. "Can you shimmer out?"

Pam closed her eyes and the opened them. "No."

"Don't worry, I'll get you out. I promise." Persia said.

Everyone else rushed into the room.

"Pam!" Phoebe cried.

"Stand back." Persia said.

Everyone stood back.

Persia placed her hands together and aimed them at the black of ice that surrounded her little sister. Then a powerful, neon electric bolt came shooting from her hands, and hit the block of ice, shattering it to pieces. She stumbled back and placed her hand to her head. "That took a lot of power."

Pam wiggled her arms and then rushed into her dad's arms.

Cole picked Pam up and hugged her.

Jock wobbled to his feet and shot another blast of ice at Piper.

Piper held up her hands, but instead, a white light surrounded her, and the ice blast melted, and formed a puddle on the ground. Piper waved her hand and a laser like light shot from her palm and burned a wound into Jock's arm. "Persia, the spell!"

Persia pulled the spell from her pocket and walked over to Piper. She placed her hand over Piper's stomach and then read the spell, twice. Then in a blast of green particles, Jock was vanquished.

The ice vanished from all of Jock's other victims.

"Phiona!" Piper cried.

"Mom!" Phiona yelled. She ran into her mother's arms and tried to hug her, but couldn't get her arms around her mother's large stomach.

Leo walked over to his daughter, picked her up, and hugged her. "I'm so thankful that you're okay!"

"What happened?" Phiona asked.

"In short, Persia and your unborn sister saved the day. They helped us get into the school and they also vanquished Jock, the demon that trapped you. Pearl also got a new power." Leo said.

"Really?" Phiona said. "What power?!"

"Healing." Pearl replied, as she linked arms with Brandon.

"Cool!" Phiona giggled.

Leo set Phiona down, just as the school bell rang, ending the school day.

Mrs. Green walked up to the group. "Thank you so much for saving our school."

Piper smiled. "Persia deseves the credit. If she hadn't thought of combining her powers with my baby's powers, we never would've gotten in, and they never would've vanquished Jock."

Mrs. Green turned to Persia and shook her hand. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Persia said.

----6:00 P.M.----

Pearl and Brandon were sitting on the porch, of the Halliwell Manor, staring at the sky.

"Brandon?" Pearl said.

Brandon turned his attention to Pearl. "Yeah?"

"I was thinking...." Pearl said.

Brandon raised his eyebrows. "About what?"

"Your question...." Pearl said, quietly.

"If you really love me?" Brandon said, as his cheeks turned pinkish-red.

"Yeah..." Pearl said, as she blushed too.

"I know, it was stupid. I mean, come on..We're both eight...." Brandon began to ramble.

"I do." Pearl cut in.

"What?" Brandon asked, surprised.

"I love you." Pearl answered. "You're my best friend and..I love you."

Brandon smiled and wrapped his arm around Pearl's shoulders. "I love you too." He whispered.

Pearl smiled to herself and rested her head on Brandon's shoulder.

They both gazed up into the sky.

TO BE CONTINUED....