A/N~ Well, this is my 4th chapter...for once, I actually know where I'm going
with this fic...that's a first...cuz I just started out with an ending...then I
came up with a beginning, but I had no plot...now I have a plot, even though
you wont really discover it until at least next chapter...maybe the next...w/e,
I'll keep you busy until then...I hope...and thanx to my wonderful buddy
vampirehuntr00 for reviewing...if u like Underworld and Daughters of the Moon
fic, go read hers, they're really good! Now, onwards with the chapter!
Disclaimer~ Don't own, don't sue!
Chris and Kat walked back up the stairs, heading for the attic. It had taken a while to convince the sisters that Kat really wasn't a psycho demon who was trying to trick Chris into trusting her so she could get to them and Wyatt. Apparently, Piper's paranoid maternal instincts were acting up and they were affecting the other two sisters.
They had eventually agreed on making her drink a Revealing Potion. If she was trustworthy, nothing would happen, except perhaps a few sparks. If not, well, they wouldn't have to worry about much except maybe some dust to clean up.
"Sorry about that by the way. I guess they're not used to having to accept help from people. Last time that happened turned out they were faking it and they almost ended up getting killed," Chris explained as they neared the landing of the attic.
"No problem, I knew they would react that way. Like you said, they're not used to getting help. But it's about time someone offered it. It's gonna save them a lot of trouble. Especially since I know what trouble to save," Kat answered. She frowned slightly. "Wait, no that's not right. What trouble to save them from. Or avoid. Whatever, you know what I mean," she finished, waving it off.
The had now reached the attic and Chris was already getting busy, opening up the book and looking for the potion they were supposed to be preparing.
"Ok, so, Revealing Potion," Chris said when he found what he was looking for. "Drinker will be forced to reveal evil intentions. If the drinker is trustworthy, no effects will follow, but a deceitful drinker will spend their last moments in a hell of flames and ashes. Ouch. Hopefully you don't have any bad intentions. Nice illustration, too," Chris said, frowning and showing Kat the book.
Kat winced at the sight of the drawing and pulled back, looking like she would have preferred never seeing that.
"Ok, that was unnecessary. Let's just get the potion started alright? What do we need?"
As Chris read off the ingredients need from the book, Kat busied around, using what she knew of the Halliwell household to locate the items then needed. Apparently, she knew a lot, because it would have taken Chris twice as long to find all of those by himself, since most of the ingredients needed were rarely used in vanquishing potions.
"You must have been keeping an eye on us for a while, huh?" Chris asked, cocking one eyebrow.
"There's more to it than you think," Kat answered simply before starting to stack some ingredients on the table.
Chris looked at Kat with a bemused look on his face for a few seconds, but decided against pushing the question. He didn't want to have to deal with more of her babbling and complicated explanations that did nothing but obscure things even more.
"Ok, so what goes first?" Kat asked, wiping her hands on her jeans.
They quickly got the better part of the potion done, not talking much except for a few comment on the interesting ingredients and simple comments.
The conversation did not go very far until they got to the next to last ingredient: water-root. The simple mention of the word water suddenly brought back a thought he'd forgotten about during the little argument he had gone through with the sisters fifteen minutes earlier. Pausing, he turned to Kat, a slight frown settling upon his face.
"Kat? When the first demon attacked I...I don't know, maybe I was going crazy from lack of oxygen getting to my brain, but...I saw you shoot water at the guy...with your hands...was it just me, or did you...you know?" he finished asking, leaning forward expectantly.
Kat winced a bit before looking up guiltily. "So noticed, huh? Urg, I was hoping you wouldn't. Or that you'd forget, or think you were imagining things..."
"Well, I did, until now," Chris answered, starting to get a bit bothered with her evasive behavior. "So are you gonna tell me what that was about?"
"Do I have to?" Kat asked tentatively, but straightened up at Chris's cold glare. "Fine, fine, I'll explain," she said, putting down the vial she had been toying with and throwing her hands up in the air in surrender.
"So I'm a Seer. I guess you figured that out already. But seers don't just pop up, right? They usually come from being that are already magical in some way, right?"
"If you say so, sure," Chris responded to information that was new to him.
"Well they do. 'Cause how do you a normal human would react if they started seeing things before they happened?" she asked.
"So what kind of magical being are you then?" Chris asked, crossing his arms and looking down at Kat, who was quite a bit shorter than he was.
"Water demon. Not really demon. Well, yeah, demon, but peaceful demons. Most of my kind live by lakes and still dress like fishes. But the whole scales thing can get old after a while. Not many of us come out and mingle among humans, but after I figured out what I was, what those things were I saw, I figured I might as well use it instead of burying myself in the sand. So I came out here. Needless to say fitting in proved to be easier than my elders made it seem," she said, pointing down at her red vintage Mickey Mouse T-shirt, faded jeans, and chunky Dock Martins.
"Water demon?" Chris said, obviously overwhelmed by all the information this girl had thrown at him in less than one day. "So what, you have water guns grafted in your hands and you're hiding a fish tail in those...pants...never mind," Chris interrupted himself after casting a glance towards Kat's backside.
"Not exactly," Kat said with a smirk in Chris's direction, who was now turning a nice shade of pink as he cast his eyes downward. "I have some powers, but they don't include fins. I can simply gather moisture from the air and create practically anything out of water. Part of that is mostly just magic I got from my mum's side, since regular water demons can just make little water bubbles, quite effective for amusing younglings, but it's not really any good out here," she said, waving her hand around to show the world around them.
"Wait, so you're only half water demon? What's your other half them?" Chris asked, looking back up, color leaving his cheeks.
"My mum was a witch. Not a great one, but a witch nonetheless. Guess I kinda got the powers she never had," Kat said matter-of-factly, but even though she spoke of it as if it didn't matter, Chris could tell talking about her family was a bit of a sensible subject, so he didn't push the question.
"So that makes you what? A water witch?" Chris asked, trying to lightened the mood a little.
"Ha...ha...ha," Kat replied sarcastically. "Really, you're quite the comical one. Have you ever thought of a career in comedy?"
"Uh huh, sure. Let's just finish this okay. I just need a drop of your blood," Chris said, getting back on task.
"Ugh, blood? Are you sure that's necessary? Because I really don't think that's necessary. Really, I mean, you don't need the blood of the person who'll drink it, that's kinda gross don't you think? I mean drinking you own blood, it's kinda-ouch!" Kat screamed as Chris grabbed her hand and pricked it sharply with the needle he had been holding.
"Now that, was not necessary," Kat insisted. Chris held her pricked finger over the potion and pressed it gently until a drip of crystalline clear liquid squeezed and plopped down into the potion.
"Oh, so now you're going to tell me water demons have blood to match their powers?" Chris asked sarcastically, eyebrows raised in surprise.
"Well, kind of, it's actually-"Kat began, getting ready for another long explaination.
Chris held up his hand, closing his eyes exasperatedly. "Never mind, I don't I need to know," he responded.
"Right...sorry," Kat said, pausing from sucking on her pricked finger to reply.
Chris finished stirring the potion and poured a few drops inside a small vial.
"Let's take this downstairs, they'll probably want to watch and make sure you didn't fake it," Chris said, rolling his eyes at the idiocy of the matter.
"Well, I suppose they have a right to worry. Because like you said, they're not use to getting help, they need proof that it's real," Kat said in defense of the sisters.
"Whatever. If you ask me, I think they've grown a bit to paranoid over the last few months. I'm telling you, I don't know what I doing in there, but it's affecting Piper's common sense." ~~~ A/N~ Well, what did ya think? I'm talking mostly to my good buddy vampirehuntr00, who has been the only one reviewing...I feel so unloved sniff sniff...w/e, I don't mind not getting reviews that much I haven't had any of warm fuzzies I get in my stomach when people review for a while...I miss the warm fuzzies...so please review....please?
Disclaimer~ Don't own, don't sue!
Chris and Kat walked back up the stairs, heading for the attic. It had taken a while to convince the sisters that Kat really wasn't a psycho demon who was trying to trick Chris into trusting her so she could get to them and Wyatt. Apparently, Piper's paranoid maternal instincts were acting up and they were affecting the other two sisters.
They had eventually agreed on making her drink a Revealing Potion. If she was trustworthy, nothing would happen, except perhaps a few sparks. If not, well, they wouldn't have to worry about much except maybe some dust to clean up.
"Sorry about that by the way. I guess they're not used to having to accept help from people. Last time that happened turned out they were faking it and they almost ended up getting killed," Chris explained as they neared the landing of the attic.
"No problem, I knew they would react that way. Like you said, they're not used to getting help. But it's about time someone offered it. It's gonna save them a lot of trouble. Especially since I know what trouble to save," Kat answered. She frowned slightly. "Wait, no that's not right. What trouble to save them from. Or avoid. Whatever, you know what I mean," she finished, waving it off.
The had now reached the attic and Chris was already getting busy, opening up the book and looking for the potion they were supposed to be preparing.
"Ok, so, Revealing Potion," Chris said when he found what he was looking for. "Drinker will be forced to reveal evil intentions. If the drinker is trustworthy, no effects will follow, but a deceitful drinker will spend their last moments in a hell of flames and ashes. Ouch. Hopefully you don't have any bad intentions. Nice illustration, too," Chris said, frowning and showing Kat the book.
Kat winced at the sight of the drawing and pulled back, looking like she would have preferred never seeing that.
"Ok, that was unnecessary. Let's just get the potion started alright? What do we need?"
As Chris read off the ingredients need from the book, Kat busied around, using what she knew of the Halliwell household to locate the items then needed. Apparently, she knew a lot, because it would have taken Chris twice as long to find all of those by himself, since most of the ingredients needed were rarely used in vanquishing potions.
"You must have been keeping an eye on us for a while, huh?" Chris asked, cocking one eyebrow.
"There's more to it than you think," Kat answered simply before starting to stack some ingredients on the table.
Chris looked at Kat with a bemused look on his face for a few seconds, but decided against pushing the question. He didn't want to have to deal with more of her babbling and complicated explanations that did nothing but obscure things even more.
"Ok, so what goes first?" Kat asked, wiping her hands on her jeans.
They quickly got the better part of the potion done, not talking much except for a few comment on the interesting ingredients and simple comments.
The conversation did not go very far until they got to the next to last ingredient: water-root. The simple mention of the word water suddenly brought back a thought he'd forgotten about during the little argument he had gone through with the sisters fifteen minutes earlier. Pausing, he turned to Kat, a slight frown settling upon his face.
"Kat? When the first demon attacked I...I don't know, maybe I was going crazy from lack of oxygen getting to my brain, but...I saw you shoot water at the guy...with your hands...was it just me, or did you...you know?" he finished asking, leaning forward expectantly.
Kat winced a bit before looking up guiltily. "So noticed, huh? Urg, I was hoping you wouldn't. Or that you'd forget, or think you were imagining things..."
"Well, I did, until now," Chris answered, starting to get a bit bothered with her evasive behavior. "So are you gonna tell me what that was about?"
"Do I have to?" Kat asked tentatively, but straightened up at Chris's cold glare. "Fine, fine, I'll explain," she said, putting down the vial she had been toying with and throwing her hands up in the air in surrender.
"So I'm a Seer. I guess you figured that out already. But seers don't just pop up, right? They usually come from being that are already magical in some way, right?"
"If you say so, sure," Chris responded to information that was new to him.
"Well they do. 'Cause how do you a normal human would react if they started seeing things before they happened?" she asked.
"So what kind of magical being are you then?" Chris asked, crossing his arms and looking down at Kat, who was quite a bit shorter than he was.
"Water demon. Not really demon. Well, yeah, demon, but peaceful demons. Most of my kind live by lakes and still dress like fishes. But the whole scales thing can get old after a while. Not many of us come out and mingle among humans, but after I figured out what I was, what those things were I saw, I figured I might as well use it instead of burying myself in the sand. So I came out here. Needless to say fitting in proved to be easier than my elders made it seem," she said, pointing down at her red vintage Mickey Mouse T-shirt, faded jeans, and chunky Dock Martins.
"Water demon?" Chris said, obviously overwhelmed by all the information this girl had thrown at him in less than one day. "So what, you have water guns grafted in your hands and you're hiding a fish tail in those...pants...never mind," Chris interrupted himself after casting a glance towards Kat's backside.
"Not exactly," Kat said with a smirk in Chris's direction, who was now turning a nice shade of pink as he cast his eyes downward. "I have some powers, but they don't include fins. I can simply gather moisture from the air and create practically anything out of water. Part of that is mostly just magic I got from my mum's side, since regular water demons can just make little water bubbles, quite effective for amusing younglings, but it's not really any good out here," she said, waving her hand around to show the world around them.
"Wait, so you're only half water demon? What's your other half them?" Chris asked, looking back up, color leaving his cheeks.
"My mum was a witch. Not a great one, but a witch nonetheless. Guess I kinda got the powers she never had," Kat said matter-of-factly, but even though she spoke of it as if it didn't matter, Chris could tell talking about her family was a bit of a sensible subject, so he didn't push the question.
"So that makes you what? A water witch?" Chris asked, trying to lightened the mood a little.
"Ha...ha...ha," Kat replied sarcastically. "Really, you're quite the comical one. Have you ever thought of a career in comedy?"
"Uh huh, sure. Let's just finish this okay. I just need a drop of your blood," Chris said, getting back on task.
"Ugh, blood? Are you sure that's necessary? Because I really don't think that's necessary. Really, I mean, you don't need the blood of the person who'll drink it, that's kinda gross don't you think? I mean drinking you own blood, it's kinda-ouch!" Kat screamed as Chris grabbed her hand and pricked it sharply with the needle he had been holding.
"Now that, was not necessary," Kat insisted. Chris held her pricked finger over the potion and pressed it gently until a drip of crystalline clear liquid squeezed and plopped down into the potion.
"Oh, so now you're going to tell me water demons have blood to match their powers?" Chris asked sarcastically, eyebrows raised in surprise.
"Well, kind of, it's actually-"Kat began, getting ready for another long explaination.
Chris held up his hand, closing his eyes exasperatedly. "Never mind, I don't I need to know," he responded.
"Right...sorry," Kat said, pausing from sucking on her pricked finger to reply.
Chris finished stirring the potion and poured a few drops inside a small vial.
"Let's take this downstairs, they'll probably want to watch and make sure you didn't fake it," Chris said, rolling his eyes at the idiocy of the matter.
"Well, I suppose they have a right to worry. Because like you said, they're not use to getting help, they need proof that it's real," Kat said in defense of the sisters.
"Whatever. If you ask me, I think they've grown a bit to paranoid over the last few months. I'm telling you, I don't know what I doing in there, but it's affecting Piper's common sense." ~~~ A/N~ Well, what did ya think? I'm talking mostly to my good buddy vampirehuntr00, who has been the only one reviewing...I feel so unloved sniff sniff...w/e, I don't mind not getting reviews that much I haven't had any of warm fuzzies I get in my stomach when people review for a while...I miss the warm fuzzies...so please review....please?