A/N Well, here goes chapter 9! I cant believe I'm this far already. I
think this is possible the longest fic I've ever written! I usually get
bored of them a lot faster...well, I guess I like this one better then.
Anyway, I hope you like it as much as me, enjoy!
Disclaimer Don't own Charmed, own Kat, don't sue!
Everyone was still gathered in the attic, still pouring over books and ingredients, and still trying to figure out how to put together a potion that would vanquish something they had never even seen before.
"I still don't get why you cant just tell us how to make the potion of you already know," Paige grumbled as she flipped through yet another old, dusty, and very thick volume.
"I already went through this, I wont go over it again," Kat sighed for the tenth time.
"Well, there's nothing in here that will help us. That's all about dark lighters," Phoebe as she tossed one book aside and grabbed the next one on the pile.
"Ok, well how about this one?" Chris leaned over to Kat who was now pacing up and down the room, holding a book larger than her head. "What if we kind of merge this hell beast one with the Scabber demon one we found earlier? I mean, this one's firey, the other one's dirty and gross. Put them together, you practically get a Kavlar."
Kat briefly looked up from her book to throw a glance in Chris's direction. Then she shook her head. "Sorry, won't do," she said simply and went back to her book.
Chris sighed. "Look, Kat, I get why you wont tell us exactly what to do, but I'm kind of starting to agree with Paige. I mean, how are we gonna know when we get it right?"
"Don't worry, you'll know," Kat muttered, not even bothering to look up from the book.
Chris shook his head in exasperation and went back to his own research.
Six hours later, the group was still huddled in the attic, still without a clue of what they were going to do. After having had her book taken away by Piper, who insisted that if she was so intently focused on it was because there was something in there they need, Kat had gone back to her original activity, which consisted of sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall, hugging her legs, chin resting on her knees, and staring straight ahead as if daydreaming. She would sit like that for amazing amounts of time, and would occasionally shake her head, frown, sigh in frustration.
Chris had no doubt that Kat was navigating through time again like she had been this morning. Whether it was because she was bored, or because she was trying to help he wasn't too sure, but he didn't want to disturb her and risk another encounter with a head-totting demon.
"Oh, oh, I think I have something here!" Phoebe shrieked, making Chris and everyone else in the room jump, pulling Kat out of her trance.
"Huh? W-what's going on?" Kat asked, a little dazed.
"I think I have something!" Phoebe screamed again, waving her arms in the air, apparently very excited at what she had just found.
"See, see, we take these two right here, add that one from the big green book over there," she explained, pulling a couple of volumes closer to her as Kat walked over, "plus the one you were carrying around earlier, it has a couple of ingredients that could be good for this, and add rootwater see, and voila! Ugly ash demon vanquishing potion!" she finished, an excited smile on her face.
Kat frowned as she leaned over the books Phoebe had pointed out, closely examining the different potions. Everyone watched in silence, hoping that they had finally gotten it right.
Kat straightened and nodded, a smile now coming across her face. "Yep," she said enthusiastically. That should about do it!"
"See, I told you we needed something from that book you were hogging earlier!" Piper exclaimed triumphantly.
This was met with a chorus of laughter from everyone in the room, since finally figuring out had pretty much taken the weight of everyone's shoulder.
"Ok, ok, calm down people, this isn't over yet," Kat interrupted, regaining her calm.
"Right. Right," Piper said, calming down as well.
"Okay, well, now all we have to do is make it, then test it," Kat said.
Phoebe suddenly stopped laughing, now completely serious. "Wow, wait a second. Test it? How do we test it?"
"Summoning spell," Kat said simply.
"So you're saying we have to summon one of those things you showed me in here? What if we get the one with the head? I kinda don't want a head thrown at me again," Chris said, starting to get nervous about it all over again.
"Well, then you might have to learn how to duck," Kat said sarcastically.
"Well, we better get started on the potion then," Piper said. "Paige, will you go get a couple of vials from downstairs, there aren't any left up here."
"I'll get them!" Kat said a bit too enthusiastically.
"Um, ok. Do you know where they are?" Piper asked before thinking better. "Right. Never mind then."
Kat walked down the stairs, but instead of heading for the kitchen when she got to the first floor, she turned the opposite way and headed for the bathroom. She made sure no one had followed her downstairs, went in, and, with a last peek behind, shut the door.
Once alone inside the bathroom, Kat stood in front of the mirror and brought her hands together again just like she had done the night before on the sidewalk. Soon, she held the same clear, glowing globe as the previous evening, and the same figure appeared in it.
"I thought I told you not to bother me again," the man said sternly.
"I'm sorry, Father. It's just I....I was having second thoughts about this," Kat said hesitantly.
"Second thoughts? You do not wish to back down now, do you?" the man asked, looking a bit threatening even from inside the globe.
"No. No, of course. But I....I doubt it is necessary to bring them into this. And to lie about it. I don't think it is right," Kat said, avoiding the man in the globe's eyes, looking everywhere but straight at him.
"I see. You have grown attached to these witches. You do not wish them to get hurt." Kat nodded slightly, still not looking at the man's eyes.
"You have grown weak. Too weak. Perhaps I was wrong in sending you. I should have known you would develop a liking for that boy."
"Father, that's not true," Kat burst out, looking straight at the man for the first time. She felt her face turning red at the mention of Chris. This is not happening, she thought.
"Then do as you are told!" the man exclaimed. "And do not bother me again with your talks of right and wrong."
"Yes, Father. I'm sorry, Father," Kat said, looking down at the ground.
Then, the man in the globe disappeared and it became completely transparent again. Kat brought her hands together, seeming to squish the globe into nothingness. She sighed, rubbing her forehead, trying to sort out all the thoughts going on in her head. All the emotions.
She put her hand down and walked out of the bathroom, trying as hard as possible to ignore all the images that rushed through her head.
She quickly went to the kitchen, grabbed the vials she was supposed to be getting, and headed back upstairs, pushing all the thoughts aside once again, ignoring the feelings that seemed to have exploded inside of her.
A/N Bad ending, I know, but I didn't know how else to put it. Anyway, please review, I hope you liked it, I'll update soon!
Disclaimer Don't own Charmed, own Kat, don't sue!
Everyone was still gathered in the attic, still pouring over books and ingredients, and still trying to figure out how to put together a potion that would vanquish something they had never even seen before.
"I still don't get why you cant just tell us how to make the potion of you already know," Paige grumbled as she flipped through yet another old, dusty, and very thick volume.
"I already went through this, I wont go over it again," Kat sighed for the tenth time.
"Well, there's nothing in here that will help us. That's all about dark lighters," Phoebe as she tossed one book aside and grabbed the next one on the pile.
"Ok, well how about this one?" Chris leaned over to Kat who was now pacing up and down the room, holding a book larger than her head. "What if we kind of merge this hell beast one with the Scabber demon one we found earlier? I mean, this one's firey, the other one's dirty and gross. Put them together, you practically get a Kavlar."
Kat briefly looked up from her book to throw a glance in Chris's direction. Then she shook her head. "Sorry, won't do," she said simply and went back to her book.
Chris sighed. "Look, Kat, I get why you wont tell us exactly what to do, but I'm kind of starting to agree with Paige. I mean, how are we gonna know when we get it right?"
"Don't worry, you'll know," Kat muttered, not even bothering to look up from the book.
Chris shook his head in exasperation and went back to his own research.
Six hours later, the group was still huddled in the attic, still without a clue of what they were going to do. After having had her book taken away by Piper, who insisted that if she was so intently focused on it was because there was something in there they need, Kat had gone back to her original activity, which consisted of sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall, hugging her legs, chin resting on her knees, and staring straight ahead as if daydreaming. She would sit like that for amazing amounts of time, and would occasionally shake her head, frown, sigh in frustration.
Chris had no doubt that Kat was navigating through time again like she had been this morning. Whether it was because she was bored, or because she was trying to help he wasn't too sure, but he didn't want to disturb her and risk another encounter with a head-totting demon.
"Oh, oh, I think I have something here!" Phoebe shrieked, making Chris and everyone else in the room jump, pulling Kat out of her trance.
"Huh? W-what's going on?" Kat asked, a little dazed.
"I think I have something!" Phoebe screamed again, waving her arms in the air, apparently very excited at what she had just found.
"See, see, we take these two right here, add that one from the big green book over there," she explained, pulling a couple of volumes closer to her as Kat walked over, "plus the one you were carrying around earlier, it has a couple of ingredients that could be good for this, and add rootwater see, and voila! Ugly ash demon vanquishing potion!" she finished, an excited smile on her face.
Kat frowned as she leaned over the books Phoebe had pointed out, closely examining the different potions. Everyone watched in silence, hoping that they had finally gotten it right.
Kat straightened and nodded, a smile now coming across her face. "Yep," she said enthusiastically. That should about do it!"
"See, I told you we needed something from that book you were hogging earlier!" Piper exclaimed triumphantly.
This was met with a chorus of laughter from everyone in the room, since finally figuring out had pretty much taken the weight of everyone's shoulder.
"Ok, ok, calm down people, this isn't over yet," Kat interrupted, regaining her calm.
"Right. Right," Piper said, calming down as well.
"Okay, well, now all we have to do is make it, then test it," Kat said.
Phoebe suddenly stopped laughing, now completely serious. "Wow, wait a second. Test it? How do we test it?"
"Summoning spell," Kat said simply.
"So you're saying we have to summon one of those things you showed me in here? What if we get the one with the head? I kinda don't want a head thrown at me again," Chris said, starting to get nervous about it all over again.
"Well, then you might have to learn how to duck," Kat said sarcastically.
"Well, we better get started on the potion then," Piper said. "Paige, will you go get a couple of vials from downstairs, there aren't any left up here."
"I'll get them!" Kat said a bit too enthusiastically.
"Um, ok. Do you know where they are?" Piper asked before thinking better. "Right. Never mind then."
Kat walked down the stairs, but instead of heading for the kitchen when she got to the first floor, she turned the opposite way and headed for the bathroom. She made sure no one had followed her downstairs, went in, and, with a last peek behind, shut the door.
Once alone inside the bathroom, Kat stood in front of the mirror and brought her hands together again just like she had done the night before on the sidewalk. Soon, she held the same clear, glowing globe as the previous evening, and the same figure appeared in it.
"I thought I told you not to bother me again," the man said sternly.
"I'm sorry, Father. It's just I....I was having second thoughts about this," Kat said hesitantly.
"Second thoughts? You do not wish to back down now, do you?" the man asked, looking a bit threatening even from inside the globe.
"No. No, of course. But I....I doubt it is necessary to bring them into this. And to lie about it. I don't think it is right," Kat said, avoiding the man in the globe's eyes, looking everywhere but straight at him.
"I see. You have grown attached to these witches. You do not wish them to get hurt." Kat nodded slightly, still not looking at the man's eyes.
"You have grown weak. Too weak. Perhaps I was wrong in sending you. I should have known you would develop a liking for that boy."
"Father, that's not true," Kat burst out, looking straight at the man for the first time. She felt her face turning red at the mention of Chris. This is not happening, she thought.
"Then do as you are told!" the man exclaimed. "And do not bother me again with your talks of right and wrong."
"Yes, Father. I'm sorry, Father," Kat said, looking down at the ground.
Then, the man in the globe disappeared and it became completely transparent again. Kat brought her hands together, seeming to squish the globe into nothingness. She sighed, rubbing her forehead, trying to sort out all the thoughts going on in her head. All the emotions.
She put her hand down and walked out of the bathroom, trying as hard as possible to ignore all the images that rushed through her head.
She quickly went to the kitchen, grabbed the vials she was supposed to be getting, and headed back upstairs, pushing all the thoughts aside once again, ignoring the feelings that seemed to have exploded inside of her.
A/N Bad ending, I know, but I didn't know how else to put it. Anyway, please review, I hope you liked it, I'll update soon!