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The whol family gathered together in the living room. Piper was also there, much to the doctor's dismay. Leo had to fight with the doctor to take Piper back home Paige and Phoebe sat next to each other while Prue and Andy sat opposite all of them. "Soooo" Leo raised his eyebrow at Andy. Andy and Prue looked at each other, while the sisters looked at them. "Gees, you're a Whitelighter, too?" Phoebe asked Andy. "Yes, Phoebe. I'm a Whitelighter, too. And the reason I came here is to tell you that, the Elders have been trying to warn you about this powerful person, a bad one." Leo looked at Andy. "Really? They didn't inform me" Andy turned to Leo. "Well, you weren't up there when they told us. You were at the hospital, with Piper, remember?" Piper looked at Andy. "Yeah, so what's with the meeting?" Prue turned to her sisters.
"The Darklighter caused my first charge to die without mercy... He shot me... But somehow, Andy managed to save me..." Piper looked at Prue. Prue felt like someone was stabbing her heart when she said the word 'Crystal'. How much she missed Crystal. Her sweet smiles, her humbleness, her sweetness. Crystal treated Prue like her own sister, as Crystal was the only child in her family. She was hunger of love. Her parents died a few years ago. Prue meant the world to Crystal. Eventhough they just knew each other for few weeks, they seemed to know everything about each other. And Prue felt really guilty for not being able to save her. Crystal had trusted her so much... Yet, she was now... "Oh, I'm so sorry... But, she was a witch..." Andy stood up.
"Yeah, she was fighting with a warlock, who stabbed her and knocked Prue out, before being vanquished. Prue never got to heal her... then, the Darklighter came out of nowhere, and shot Prue... I saved her..." Leo looked at Andy disbelief. "And, at the staff meeting, They heard news from the other side, about the Darklighter coming here to stalk each one of you, well, except Phoebe that is" Phoebe looked at Prue. "See, I'm always the luckiest" Paige rolled her eyes, and looked at Phoebe. "Oh really? Wanna bet?" Phoebe looked at Paige as she talked in her 'So-said-so' tone "Now, people. This Darklighter is said to be the most dangerous and the most... evil Darklighter ever. He killed about 11 Whitelighters in a month. How great is that?" Every single pair of eyes looked at Andy who was shrugging his shoulders.
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Paige flipped through the Book of Shadows which she'd orbed down a few minutes before. "Well, did he kill for fun, or what?" Prue walked back anf forth before settling down next to Piper. "All the Whitelighters have been put under alert, and I was sent down to warn you all about this. Rumors said that he's after the half-Whitelighter-half-Charmed-One witch. He wants to revenge over something... Don't know what" Piper gasped. "Melinda? What the, are you serious? What did we do to him?" "Dead serious, Piper. Neither the Elders know about what he wants from you all... protect Melinda, Leo. And don't forget, Piper is vulnerable to the lethal arrow, too." They all looked at each other, sighing silently.
Piper stirred the potion in the cauldron, while Paige was busy measuring the herbs and spices. Phoebe came into the kitchen with Melinda in her arms. "Mommy, I want some cookies..." Piper looked at her daughter. "In the jar, honey. Mommy's busy, okay? We've to be careful... someone is after you..." Melinda looked at Piper weirdly. "Who? Are we playing 'Hide n Seek'?" Melinda took a piece of her mommy's famous cookie out of the jar. Paige giggled a little. "No, Mellie. There's a demon that is after you. He's a very mean guy. So, we've to protect you from him, okay?"
Melinda nodded at her auntie as she took a bite on the cookie. "Okay..." Dingdong. All of them looked at each other. "Do demons ring bells?" Phoebe asked Piper. "I don't think so... Let's go and check it out... Wait, hold on... LEO!!!" With that, Leo orbed into the kitchen in a split second. "Look after Melinda, please... We need to settle this whoever who knocks on the door" Leo nodded and sat next to Melinda, wrapping his daughter with his protective pair of strong arms. The sisters carefully went into the foyer, and Phoebe opened the door. Piper and Paige were ready to attack... the door was opened to reveal...
The door was opened to reveal Alex standing with a bouquet of pink roses in his arm. "Oh, God... Hey, Alex!" A wide grin broke on Paige's face as she ran to hug him. Piper and Phoebe sighed a little, relieved. "Hey, not the company you expecting?" Paige kissed him. "Come on in..." Paige pulled her fiance's arm and then closed the door behind him. She knew it was hard to explain to Alex about what was going on but... "You see... There's someone after Melinda... so we have to protect her..." Paige fiddled the pink roses and pulled him into the kitchen. "Hey, Leo" Leo smiled at Alex. "Hey, there... Hey, Melinda!"
Melinda smiled at him. "Hello, Uncle Alex..." Melinda said while waving her cookie at him. "Hehe, eating cookies without me?" Piper flipped through the Book of Shadow. "Who is the stalker?" Phoebe looked at Alex. "He's a Darklighter... A very mean ass..." Phoebe eyed Melinda's tantalizing cookie before shoving her hand deep into the cookie jar to reach for one. Talk about her big sister's very delicious cookies. No one could ever resist them! Leo went over to Piper. "You okay, honey?" Piper leaned onto Leo's shoulder. "I'm worried... about this. This hell guy is after our baby... Why? Why her? Why not... me?" Leo looked at Piper with his lips sealed together as he had nothing to say to comfort his wife.
"I'm worried too, Piper. She's my child, too... We'll protect her, together..." Piper hugged Leo tightly. "Gees, if you guys need any help, I'm here..." Alex said to Paige. "I'm so glad that my husband-to-be understands about this all..." Paige sat on his lap. "Gees, not all guy have the opportunity to marry the world's greatest witch!" they giggled. "Oh boy... here we go again... Melinda, we're the only girls that don't have any boyfriend or fiancé or husband." Melinda giggled at her dearest Auntie Phoebe. "Well, I'll have baby brother to play with!" Phoebe smacked her forehead. "Damn, I hate being single!" The whole family laughed at Phoebe. "Well, how about your Harrison? Go on and be his, again...."
Phoebe looked at Alex and stuck her tongue out at him. "Yeah, like he'll accept me back right after what I've done to him!" Piper looked at Phoebe. "Sweetie, he will. He loves you! Talk nicely to him and he won't resist you" Leo chuckled at Piper, and got a slap on his arm from Phoebe. They all giggled at her. While they were enjoying this family moment, suddenly a guy appeared in a swirl of dark orbs into the kitchen behind them all. "Having fun, Halliwells?" They all turned around to see a tall and gvery good-looking guy, dressed in a black suit. The guy smiled as the family stared at him. Dan Gordon! Dan Gordon, the guy that almost snatched Piper away from Leo. Staring at Dan with shock on her face, Piper dropped her cookie on the floor, while all of them just continued staring at him, shocked.
Dan...? What's going on here? First Cole and now Dan??? Oh my... Will the Halliwell die in his hands or...??? Wanna know more? Leave your reviews and I'll update soon! Thanks!