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There Is A Reason For Everything
Chapter 3: As The Manor Turns
Penny let out a deep sigh and stood up. "Well, thank you for informing us, Dr. Robinson." Penny said, as she held out her hand. Dr. Robinson shook Penny's hand, again. "I'm glad I could clear a few things up for you." Dr. Robinson said, then she glanced at Prue. "Well, we better be off. We have a lot to sort out." Penny said, as she turned to face Prue. Prue just stood up and walked out the door, shutting it behind her. Moments later Penny walked out of the room, followed by Dr. Robinson. Penny walked to the front desk and wrote a check out then walked outside. Penny eyed Prue, standing by the locked car. "Looks like I was right to be suspicious." Penny said, as she unlocked the car doors. "Oh, here it comes. A one way ticket to Guilttripville!" Prue responded, in a sarcastic tone. "Don't you use that tone with me, Prudence Halliwell!" Penny scolded. Prue rolled her eyes and then slammed the car door. "When your sisters get home, we need to have a serious talk!" Penny said. "What? About me being pregnant? Fine! It's not like it matters that much!" Prue retorted. "It isn't just about you being pregnant! This changes everything! Your entire destiny, this wasn't supposed to happen this way!" Penny yelled. "What the hell does destiny have to do with this?! Of course a damn kid changes things, that isn't anything new!" Prue screamed. Penny shook her head. "I wish I could make you understand....You will, eventually, just wait...." Penny said, as she lowered her voice. Prue rolled her eyes. 'What is Grams talking about? Maybe she is just so lonely and stressed she can't think of anything better to do, then try to confuse me. God, will she ever give up?' Prue thought. Prue stared out the window of the car.
Piper walked outside and stared at the sky. The sun was no longer shining and the smell of rain hung in the air. The sky was a light gray color and a chilly breeze blew past her. Piper shivered slightly. 'Days like these never seem to be good. Something always seems to happen, even in the story books.' Piper thought. There was an icy, wet drop on Piper's cheek. Piper instinctively wiped away the rain drop and looked down at her pink watch. "Shoot, I need to get to class." Piper said, to herself. Piper rushed into the building, in front of her.
Andy glanced out the window and watched as small droplets of rain bounced off the windows. A few minutes ago it had begun to sprinkle outside, but the rain was becoming heavier, with each passing minute. Andy became lost in the swirls of water droplets and grays in the sky. "Mr. Trudeau? Hello? Mr. Trudeau!" An angry female voice yelled. Andy blinked and his head shot around to the front of the room. "Yes, Mrs. Roth?" Andy asked, trying to sound as if he'd been paying attention. "Something you'd like to share with the class?" Mrs. Roth asked. "No." Andy said, quietly. "Well, then I suggest you pay attention. Or you might be sharing a little something with the principal." Mrs. Roth warned. Snickers could be heard around the room and Andy sighed and stared up at the front of the room as Mrs. Roth began to talk again. 'Damn this day!' Andy thought.
Phoebe dropped a quarter into the pay phone and then dialed her home number. Phoebe tapped her foot on the ground and watched as rain drops hit her foot. Phoebe sighed and hung up the phone after an entire minute of ringing. "Nobody answered." Phoebe said sadly. "Maybe they were busy, let's try again in a few minutes?" Paige suggested. Phoebe shrugged. "Okay..." Phoebe muttered.
Penny pulled into the driveway and shut off the car. She opened her door and got out, followed by Prue. Prue walked up to the door and waited. Penny walked up behind her and pulled out her key, unlocking the door. Prue slid past Penny and ran upstairs. As Penny walked in and shut the door, the phone began to ring. Penny took off her jacket and hung it on the coat rack and then walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone. "Hello?" Penny said and then she smiled. "Well, I'm glad to hear you too Phoebe." Penny said, then she telekinetically pulled a chair to herself and sat down. "A friend? Well, today doesn't seem like a very good day..." Penny began, but she seemed to be cut off. Penny listened for a few moments. "Well, okay. If it is okay with her parents. But, not too long. An hour, at the most." Penny said, in a defeated tone. "You're welcome Phoebe. Yes, I love you too, bye." Penny said, then she hung up the phone. Penny sighed. 'I hope I'm doing the right thing.' Penny thought.
Phoebe grinned. "So, it's okay?!" Paige asked, just to be sure. "Yep! As long as your par...I mean, the lady that you live with says it's okay." Phoebe said. "Awesome!" Paige said, as she picked up the phone. Phoebe held out a quarter and Paige grabbed the quarter and slid it into the opening. Paige looked at her hand, which she had used to write down Sister Agnus' phone number, and then dialed the number. After a few rings a man's voice picked up. "Hi Father Troy...It's Paige. Mhmm. Yeah, is Sister Agnus there? Yep. Can I talk to her, please? Thank you." Paige said.
Sister Agnus rushed to the phone. "Paige? Are you okay?" Sister Agnus asked. Sister Agnus sighed in relief. "Well you scared me. Oh, a friend, Phoebe Halliwell? Well, I've never met them." Sister Agnus spoke. For a few minutes Sister Agnus listened. "Well...What's the address? okay, thirteen- twenty-nine Prescott Street?" Sister Agnus said. Sister Agnus tapped her nails. "You're welcome. Be good and I'll see you at four-thirty. I love you too, Paige. Bye now." Sister Agnus said, then hung up the phone. 'I hope I did the right thing, by letting her go.' Sister Agnus thought.
Paige grinned and high fived Phoebe. "This totally rocks!" Phoebe yelled. "Ditto!" Paige yelled back. Suddenly a loud voice boomed from the school intercom. "All children at the current recess, report to your classes immediately! You will be finishing the remainder of your recess indoors, due to the rain. Thank you." A male voice said. "Oh man!" Phoebe grumbled. "It's okay, we get to go to your house!" Paige said, in a cheerful tone. "I guess so....See ya on the bus?" Phoebe asked. "Totally!" Paige said. Then the two girls ran to their classes.
Prue tapped her nails on the table. She never wanted to get pregnant at 16. "Damn Andy, damn this child, damn Grams, and most of all...damn myself! How could I let this happen?! Everything was pretty good! I had the sweetest boyfriend, I was head of the cheerleading squad, most people at school looked up to and admired me, and most of all my little sisters thought highly of me!" Prue yelled at herself. Tears began to drip down Prue's face, like the rain dripping down the window.
Penny glanced at the clock and it read, 1:55 P.M. Penny stood up and walked out of the living room, up the stairs, and down the hallway until she reached the attic. Penny narrowed her eyes and telekinetically unlocked the attic door. Penny walked inside and then waved her hand, locking the attic door again. Penny waved her hand, telekinetically moving a series of blue and white candles into a circle on the floor, then she walked over to a shelf and grabbed a small box of matches. Penny lit a match and then walked over to the candles, lighting each candle. Penny then walked over to a huge, leather bound book. The book had a golden symbol on the front that looked like 3 oval type shapes combined into a circle. The front of the book read, Book of Shadows. Penny opened the book and flipped through the old, yellowed pages. Penny came to a spell, to summon the dead. Penny closed her eyes and whispered the spell, under her breath. There was a swirl of white lights and then a woman with long, wavy, light brown hair appeared. "Patty, I need to tell you something.." Penny whispered. Patty gave Penny a worried look. "Mom, what's wrong?" Patty asked. "Prue...she's pregnant...." Penny said.
'Come on, ring!' Piper thought. Moments later a loud ringing bell, rang through the building of San Francisco Middle School. Piper jumped up from her seat and ran outside. "Two o' clock, finally!" Piper said. Then she felt the cold, wet rain beat down on her. "Crud!" Piper said, in hushed tone. Piper placed her backpack over her head as she ran to her bus. Piper walked up the steps and sat down in the fourth seat on the right side, the only seat on the bus with a heater under it. Moments later the bus doors closed and then the bus pulled out of the school grounds.
Andy pulled the hood of his sweat jacket over his head and began a quick sprint down the streets. 'I wonder if I should call Prue when I get home? Wait, her grandmother might answer and that wouldn't be good. Oh no, what if Penny called my parents?' Andy's mind was racing with thoughts. Andy turned the corner of his street and raced up to his house. He took a deep breath and looked into the gray sky, then he ran to his door, and walked in. Andy could smell his mother's cooking from the kitchen and hear his father talking in the living room. Andy let out a small sigh of relief. Andy then ran down the hall to his room.
Phoebe rolled her eyes. Her class was in the middle of a math lesson. 'This is soooo beyond boring!' Phoebe thought. Phoebe looked down at her math paper and penciled in a few answers and began to draw little happy faces on the sides of her paper.
Paige tapped her nails as she listened to her new teacher read a boring story, from the English book. 'This is much worse than school with Sister Agnus was!' Paige thought and then she remembered Phoebe. 'But at least I have this really cool friend now!' Paige thought and then looked back at her own English book. 'As long as I can get through this day, then I can look forward to going to Phoebe's house." Paige thought.
"The child has pyrokinesis?!" Patty said with surprise. "Yes." Penny said. "Well, are you going to bind it's powers as well?" Patty asked. "No, I can't. It's much too powerful. I mean, I could, but when the girls' powers are unbound then the child's powers will be unbound too. The girls would have too much to deal with. I have to let them know, now!" Penny said. Patty looked away. "Or?" Patty asked. "Or, I will have to strip all of their powers." Penny said. "And that can't be an option." Patty said.
There was a loud boom of thunder, followed by a second flash of lightning. The bus was loud with yelling and cheering. Piper just stared out the window and waited as the bus stopped and started again, letting kids off at each stop. Finally the bus stopped a few houses away from the Halliwell Manor. Piper stood up, walked down the isle of the bus, and then walked out of the bus. Piper quickly put her hands over her head and dashed up the driveway and through the doors of the Manor. "Gosh, what it up with the weather?" Piper asked herself. Piper then walked into the living room and opened her backpack and pulled out her binder. Piper quickly unzipped her pink binder and pulled out a thick stack of papers. "Great!" Piper said, in a very sarcastic tone. Piper glanced at the clock, it was 2:35 P.M. "Well, I should be done with my homework at about three-twenty, when Pheebs gets home." Piper grumbled to herself. Piper grabbed her papers and a pencil then dashed into the kitchen. Piper grabbed a green apple from the fruit bowl on the kitchen table then ran upstairs to her bedroom. As Piper sat down on her bed, she heard a low whimpering sound from the next room, Prue's room. A puzzled look crossed Piper's face and she slowly walked out of the room. Piper knocked lightly on Prue's door, but there was no answer. Piper knocked again, a little louder this time. "Who is it?" Prue voice questioned, from inside the room. "It's Piper. Prue, are you okay?" Piper asked. There was a short silence then Prue spoke. "Uh...yeah. I'm fine, I just really don't feel good. So, if you could just leave me alone for a while...." Prue's voice trailed off. "Oh...okay. Well, you know I'm here if ya wanna chat." Piper said. "Yeah, I know." Prue's voice said, from the other side of the door. "Well, I'll be in my room doin' homework." Piper said, then she walked back into her room. "Hmm, Prue doesn't seem okay...But then again, maybe it's just me." Piper said, then she shook her head and began to work on her homework.
"So, you plan on telling them tonight?" Patty asked. "Yes. I just hope they take it well. Especially Prue. It'll b e hardest on her, finding out she's half witch and that she's pregnant with a part witch." Penny replied. "I wish I could be there to help them through this. With all my daughters, all four." Patty said. Penny shook her head. "I know, but nobody can know about the last daughter until she needs to be known." Penny said. "Mother, I didn't even get to name her, let alone know her name." Patty said. "I know.." Penny said. The two women become lost in another seemingly, never ending, topic that lasted for another 20 plus minutes.
Andy couldn't concentrate on his homework. He continued to glance at his telephone. "Should I?" Andy continued to ask himself. Andy reached for the phone and then pulled away again. He had been doing the same thing for over 40 minutes now. "No...yes..no...Why the heck is this so complicated?!" Andy asked himself. He could feel his hand heading for the phone again and quickly pulled it back.
A loud bell shot through Phoebe's and Paige's classrooms and the kids jumped from their seats. The long, boring, school day was finally over. Phoebe ran down a few halls until she came to her old classroom. Paige was walking in the other direction. "Paige!" Phoebe yelled. Paige spun around and saw Phoebe in the crowd of students. Paige ran to Phoebe. "Hey!" Paige said. "Here, I'll show you an easier way to get to the buses." Phoebe said. Phoebe lead Paige out the back doors to a small alley way behind the school. "This way we won't have to try and beat the crowd." Phoebe said. "Cool." Paige replied. Phoebe saw a large box sitting in the center of the alley and kicked the box with her foot as she walked by. A bunch of swirling dust circled around Paige as she passed by, where the box previously was. Paige held her nose, but it was no use, she sneezed. In a swirl of blue and white orbs, Paige disappeared, then in another swirl of blue and white orbs, Paige reappeared. Phoebe spun around. "Paige? Are you coming?" Phoebe asked, not even realizing the events that had just taken place. "Yeah. The dust just caused me to sneeze." Paige replied. She too, had not realized what just happened to her. Phoebe and Paige ran out of the alley and onto their bus. Minutes later the door closed and the bus pulled out.
Prue opened the door to her room and peered around the corners. 'Good, nobody in sight.' Prue thought. Prue exited her room and walked down the hallway until she came to the stairs, then she slowly walked down the stairs, trying to be as quiet as possible. She didn't want to have to talk to her grandmother again. Prue made her way into the kitchen and opened a few cupboards. "Hmm....Oh, chocolate cookies!" Prue whispered happily. Prue grabbed the bag of chocolate cookies and carefully opened the package. Prue pulled a small chocolate cookie from the bag and bit into the cookie. "Oh, that tastes sooo good." Prue whispered. Prue thought of Andy. 'My Andy loves chocolate too..Hmm...' Prue thought. Prue then placed her hand against her very flat stomach. "I bet you'll love chocolate too." Prue whispered, in a loving tone. Prue plopped down at the kitchen table and grabbed a handful of cookies and began to take little bites of the cookies.
Piper wrote in the answer to problem 49 on her math homework. Piper then sifted through her papers again. "Shoot, I must have left the number fifty, word problem, in my binder." Piper said to herself. With an annoyed sigh, Piper stood up, and walked out of her room. Piper rushed downstairs and into the living room. Her last bit of homework was laying on the floor by her binder. "I thought so." Piper muttered, to herself. Piper picked up the paper and headed back to the stairs.
Prue stood up from the table and placed the cookies back in the cupboard, then walked back to the stairs. As Prue exited the kitchen she eyed Piper. "Oh, hey Prue." Piper greeted. "Hi Piper." Prue said. There was a noise at the door. Phoebe and a little girl who looked a lot like Prue rushed inside. The girl looked slightly younger than Phoebe though. "Hey Prue! Hey Piper!" Phoebe said, in a cheerful tone. "This is my new friend, Paige!" Phoebe said, as she pointed to Paige. Paige smiled, shyly. The girls gathered under the large chandelier. Piper held out her hand. "Hello Paige, I'm Piper. It's really nice to meet you." Piper said. Paige held out her hand. "Thanks, it's nice to meet you too." Paige replied. "Hi, I'm Prue." Prue said. Phoebe rolled her eyes and grabbed her eldest sister's hand. Phoebe pulled Prue's hand toward Paige's hand. "Come on Prue, shake hands!" Phoebe urged. As the four girls hands made contact with each other a glowing white light, shot down from the chandelier, over the four girls. Then the house began to shake.
Penny gasped. "Oh no!" Penny whispered. "What is it?!" Patty asked, in horror. "I...I don't know...But the girls might be in danger. I need to go! Bye Patty!" Penny said, then Penny grabbed a candle and blew out the flame. Penny waved her hand and the attic door flew open and Penny rushed down the stairs to see the four girls break the embrace. "What the heck was that?!" Paige asked, as she stepped back from Prue and Piper. "I want some answers!" Phoebe said, as she looked around the room. Suddenly there was a swirl of water, a gust of wind, a blaze of flames, dirt from the floor sifted togehter into an odd shape, and last but not least a flash of glittering purple light. Then 2 men and 3 women surrounded the girls. TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: Need I continue or not?
There Is A Reason For Everything
Chapter 3: As The Manor Turns
Penny let out a deep sigh and stood up. "Well, thank you for informing us, Dr. Robinson." Penny said, as she held out her hand. Dr. Robinson shook Penny's hand, again. "I'm glad I could clear a few things up for you." Dr. Robinson said, then she glanced at Prue. "Well, we better be off. We have a lot to sort out." Penny said, as she turned to face Prue. Prue just stood up and walked out the door, shutting it behind her. Moments later Penny walked out of the room, followed by Dr. Robinson. Penny walked to the front desk and wrote a check out then walked outside. Penny eyed Prue, standing by the locked car. "Looks like I was right to be suspicious." Penny said, as she unlocked the car doors. "Oh, here it comes. A one way ticket to Guilttripville!" Prue responded, in a sarcastic tone. "Don't you use that tone with me, Prudence Halliwell!" Penny scolded. Prue rolled her eyes and then slammed the car door. "When your sisters get home, we need to have a serious talk!" Penny said. "What? About me being pregnant? Fine! It's not like it matters that much!" Prue retorted. "It isn't just about you being pregnant! This changes everything! Your entire destiny, this wasn't supposed to happen this way!" Penny yelled. "What the hell does destiny have to do with this?! Of course a damn kid changes things, that isn't anything new!" Prue screamed. Penny shook her head. "I wish I could make you understand....You will, eventually, just wait...." Penny said, as she lowered her voice. Prue rolled her eyes. 'What is Grams talking about? Maybe she is just so lonely and stressed she can't think of anything better to do, then try to confuse me. God, will she ever give up?' Prue thought. Prue stared out the window of the car.
Piper walked outside and stared at the sky. The sun was no longer shining and the smell of rain hung in the air. The sky was a light gray color and a chilly breeze blew past her. Piper shivered slightly. 'Days like these never seem to be good. Something always seems to happen, even in the story books.' Piper thought. There was an icy, wet drop on Piper's cheek. Piper instinctively wiped away the rain drop and looked down at her pink watch. "Shoot, I need to get to class." Piper said, to herself. Piper rushed into the building, in front of her.
Andy glanced out the window and watched as small droplets of rain bounced off the windows. A few minutes ago it had begun to sprinkle outside, but the rain was becoming heavier, with each passing minute. Andy became lost in the swirls of water droplets and grays in the sky. "Mr. Trudeau? Hello? Mr. Trudeau!" An angry female voice yelled. Andy blinked and his head shot around to the front of the room. "Yes, Mrs. Roth?" Andy asked, trying to sound as if he'd been paying attention. "Something you'd like to share with the class?" Mrs. Roth asked. "No." Andy said, quietly. "Well, then I suggest you pay attention. Or you might be sharing a little something with the principal." Mrs. Roth warned. Snickers could be heard around the room and Andy sighed and stared up at the front of the room as Mrs. Roth began to talk again. 'Damn this day!' Andy thought.
Phoebe dropped a quarter into the pay phone and then dialed her home number. Phoebe tapped her foot on the ground and watched as rain drops hit her foot. Phoebe sighed and hung up the phone after an entire minute of ringing. "Nobody answered." Phoebe said sadly. "Maybe they were busy, let's try again in a few minutes?" Paige suggested. Phoebe shrugged. "Okay..." Phoebe muttered.
Penny pulled into the driveway and shut off the car. She opened her door and got out, followed by Prue. Prue walked up to the door and waited. Penny walked up behind her and pulled out her key, unlocking the door. Prue slid past Penny and ran upstairs. As Penny walked in and shut the door, the phone began to ring. Penny took off her jacket and hung it on the coat rack and then walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone. "Hello?" Penny said and then she smiled. "Well, I'm glad to hear you too Phoebe." Penny said, then she telekinetically pulled a chair to herself and sat down. "A friend? Well, today doesn't seem like a very good day..." Penny began, but she seemed to be cut off. Penny listened for a few moments. "Well, okay. If it is okay with her parents. But, not too long. An hour, at the most." Penny said, in a defeated tone. "You're welcome Phoebe. Yes, I love you too, bye." Penny said, then she hung up the phone. Penny sighed. 'I hope I'm doing the right thing.' Penny thought.
Phoebe grinned. "So, it's okay?!" Paige asked, just to be sure. "Yep! As long as your par...I mean, the lady that you live with says it's okay." Phoebe said. "Awesome!" Paige said, as she picked up the phone. Phoebe held out a quarter and Paige grabbed the quarter and slid it into the opening. Paige looked at her hand, which she had used to write down Sister Agnus' phone number, and then dialed the number. After a few rings a man's voice picked up. "Hi Father Troy...It's Paige. Mhmm. Yeah, is Sister Agnus there? Yep. Can I talk to her, please? Thank you." Paige said.
Sister Agnus rushed to the phone. "Paige? Are you okay?" Sister Agnus asked. Sister Agnus sighed in relief. "Well you scared me. Oh, a friend, Phoebe Halliwell? Well, I've never met them." Sister Agnus spoke. For a few minutes Sister Agnus listened. "Well...What's the address? okay, thirteen- twenty-nine Prescott Street?" Sister Agnus said. Sister Agnus tapped her nails. "You're welcome. Be good and I'll see you at four-thirty. I love you too, Paige. Bye now." Sister Agnus said, then hung up the phone. 'I hope I did the right thing, by letting her go.' Sister Agnus thought.
Paige grinned and high fived Phoebe. "This totally rocks!" Phoebe yelled. "Ditto!" Paige yelled back. Suddenly a loud voice boomed from the school intercom. "All children at the current recess, report to your classes immediately! You will be finishing the remainder of your recess indoors, due to the rain. Thank you." A male voice said. "Oh man!" Phoebe grumbled. "It's okay, we get to go to your house!" Paige said, in a cheerful tone. "I guess so....See ya on the bus?" Phoebe asked. "Totally!" Paige said. Then the two girls ran to their classes.
Prue tapped her nails on the table. She never wanted to get pregnant at 16. "Damn Andy, damn this child, damn Grams, and most of all...damn myself! How could I let this happen?! Everything was pretty good! I had the sweetest boyfriend, I was head of the cheerleading squad, most people at school looked up to and admired me, and most of all my little sisters thought highly of me!" Prue yelled at herself. Tears began to drip down Prue's face, like the rain dripping down the window.
Penny glanced at the clock and it read, 1:55 P.M. Penny stood up and walked out of the living room, up the stairs, and down the hallway until she reached the attic. Penny narrowed her eyes and telekinetically unlocked the attic door. Penny walked inside and then waved her hand, locking the attic door again. Penny waved her hand, telekinetically moving a series of blue and white candles into a circle on the floor, then she walked over to a shelf and grabbed a small box of matches. Penny lit a match and then walked over to the candles, lighting each candle. Penny then walked over to a huge, leather bound book. The book had a golden symbol on the front that looked like 3 oval type shapes combined into a circle. The front of the book read, Book of Shadows. Penny opened the book and flipped through the old, yellowed pages. Penny came to a spell, to summon the dead. Penny closed her eyes and whispered the spell, under her breath. There was a swirl of white lights and then a woman with long, wavy, light brown hair appeared. "Patty, I need to tell you something.." Penny whispered. Patty gave Penny a worried look. "Mom, what's wrong?" Patty asked. "Prue...she's pregnant...." Penny said.
'Come on, ring!' Piper thought. Moments later a loud ringing bell, rang through the building of San Francisco Middle School. Piper jumped up from her seat and ran outside. "Two o' clock, finally!" Piper said. Then she felt the cold, wet rain beat down on her. "Crud!" Piper said, in hushed tone. Piper placed her backpack over her head as she ran to her bus. Piper walked up the steps and sat down in the fourth seat on the right side, the only seat on the bus with a heater under it. Moments later the bus doors closed and then the bus pulled out of the school grounds.
Andy pulled the hood of his sweat jacket over his head and began a quick sprint down the streets. 'I wonder if I should call Prue when I get home? Wait, her grandmother might answer and that wouldn't be good. Oh no, what if Penny called my parents?' Andy's mind was racing with thoughts. Andy turned the corner of his street and raced up to his house. He took a deep breath and looked into the gray sky, then he ran to his door, and walked in. Andy could smell his mother's cooking from the kitchen and hear his father talking in the living room. Andy let out a small sigh of relief. Andy then ran down the hall to his room.
Phoebe rolled her eyes. Her class was in the middle of a math lesson. 'This is soooo beyond boring!' Phoebe thought. Phoebe looked down at her math paper and penciled in a few answers and began to draw little happy faces on the sides of her paper.
Paige tapped her nails as she listened to her new teacher read a boring story, from the English book. 'This is much worse than school with Sister Agnus was!' Paige thought and then she remembered Phoebe. 'But at least I have this really cool friend now!' Paige thought and then looked back at her own English book. 'As long as I can get through this day, then I can look forward to going to Phoebe's house." Paige thought.
"The child has pyrokinesis?!" Patty said with surprise. "Yes." Penny said. "Well, are you going to bind it's powers as well?" Patty asked. "No, I can't. It's much too powerful. I mean, I could, but when the girls' powers are unbound then the child's powers will be unbound too. The girls would have too much to deal with. I have to let them know, now!" Penny said. Patty looked away. "Or?" Patty asked. "Or, I will have to strip all of their powers." Penny said. "And that can't be an option." Patty said.
There was a loud boom of thunder, followed by a second flash of lightning. The bus was loud with yelling and cheering. Piper just stared out the window and waited as the bus stopped and started again, letting kids off at each stop. Finally the bus stopped a few houses away from the Halliwell Manor. Piper stood up, walked down the isle of the bus, and then walked out of the bus. Piper quickly put her hands over her head and dashed up the driveway and through the doors of the Manor. "Gosh, what it up with the weather?" Piper asked herself. Piper then walked into the living room and opened her backpack and pulled out her binder. Piper quickly unzipped her pink binder and pulled out a thick stack of papers. "Great!" Piper said, in a very sarcastic tone. Piper glanced at the clock, it was 2:35 P.M. "Well, I should be done with my homework at about three-twenty, when Pheebs gets home." Piper grumbled to herself. Piper grabbed her papers and a pencil then dashed into the kitchen. Piper grabbed a green apple from the fruit bowl on the kitchen table then ran upstairs to her bedroom. As Piper sat down on her bed, she heard a low whimpering sound from the next room, Prue's room. A puzzled look crossed Piper's face and she slowly walked out of the room. Piper knocked lightly on Prue's door, but there was no answer. Piper knocked again, a little louder this time. "Who is it?" Prue voice questioned, from inside the room. "It's Piper. Prue, are you okay?" Piper asked. There was a short silence then Prue spoke. "Uh...yeah. I'm fine, I just really don't feel good. So, if you could just leave me alone for a while...." Prue's voice trailed off. "Oh...okay. Well, you know I'm here if ya wanna chat." Piper said. "Yeah, I know." Prue's voice said, from the other side of the door. "Well, I'll be in my room doin' homework." Piper said, then she walked back into her room. "Hmm, Prue doesn't seem okay...But then again, maybe it's just me." Piper said, then she shook her head and began to work on her homework.
"So, you plan on telling them tonight?" Patty asked. "Yes. I just hope they take it well. Especially Prue. It'll b e hardest on her, finding out she's half witch and that she's pregnant with a part witch." Penny replied. "I wish I could be there to help them through this. With all my daughters, all four." Patty said. Penny shook her head. "I know, but nobody can know about the last daughter until she needs to be known." Penny said. "Mother, I didn't even get to name her, let alone know her name." Patty said. "I know.." Penny said. The two women become lost in another seemingly, never ending, topic that lasted for another 20 plus minutes.
Andy couldn't concentrate on his homework. He continued to glance at his telephone. "Should I?" Andy continued to ask himself. Andy reached for the phone and then pulled away again. He had been doing the same thing for over 40 minutes now. "No...yes..no...Why the heck is this so complicated?!" Andy asked himself. He could feel his hand heading for the phone again and quickly pulled it back.
A loud bell shot through Phoebe's and Paige's classrooms and the kids jumped from their seats. The long, boring, school day was finally over. Phoebe ran down a few halls until she came to her old classroom. Paige was walking in the other direction. "Paige!" Phoebe yelled. Paige spun around and saw Phoebe in the crowd of students. Paige ran to Phoebe. "Hey!" Paige said. "Here, I'll show you an easier way to get to the buses." Phoebe said. Phoebe lead Paige out the back doors to a small alley way behind the school. "This way we won't have to try and beat the crowd." Phoebe said. "Cool." Paige replied. Phoebe saw a large box sitting in the center of the alley and kicked the box with her foot as she walked by. A bunch of swirling dust circled around Paige as she passed by, where the box previously was. Paige held her nose, but it was no use, she sneezed. In a swirl of blue and white orbs, Paige disappeared, then in another swirl of blue and white orbs, Paige reappeared. Phoebe spun around. "Paige? Are you coming?" Phoebe asked, not even realizing the events that had just taken place. "Yeah. The dust just caused me to sneeze." Paige replied. She too, had not realized what just happened to her. Phoebe and Paige ran out of the alley and onto their bus. Minutes later the door closed and the bus pulled out.
Prue opened the door to her room and peered around the corners. 'Good, nobody in sight.' Prue thought. Prue exited her room and walked down the hallway until she came to the stairs, then she slowly walked down the stairs, trying to be as quiet as possible. She didn't want to have to talk to her grandmother again. Prue made her way into the kitchen and opened a few cupboards. "Hmm....Oh, chocolate cookies!" Prue whispered happily. Prue grabbed the bag of chocolate cookies and carefully opened the package. Prue pulled a small chocolate cookie from the bag and bit into the cookie. "Oh, that tastes sooo good." Prue whispered. Prue thought of Andy. 'My Andy loves chocolate too..Hmm...' Prue thought. Prue then placed her hand against her very flat stomach. "I bet you'll love chocolate too." Prue whispered, in a loving tone. Prue plopped down at the kitchen table and grabbed a handful of cookies and began to take little bites of the cookies.
Piper wrote in the answer to problem 49 on her math homework. Piper then sifted through her papers again. "Shoot, I must have left the number fifty, word problem, in my binder." Piper said to herself. With an annoyed sigh, Piper stood up, and walked out of her room. Piper rushed downstairs and into the living room. Her last bit of homework was laying on the floor by her binder. "I thought so." Piper muttered, to herself. Piper picked up the paper and headed back to the stairs.
Prue stood up from the table and placed the cookies back in the cupboard, then walked back to the stairs. As Prue exited the kitchen she eyed Piper. "Oh, hey Prue." Piper greeted. "Hi Piper." Prue said. There was a noise at the door. Phoebe and a little girl who looked a lot like Prue rushed inside. The girl looked slightly younger than Phoebe though. "Hey Prue! Hey Piper!" Phoebe said, in a cheerful tone. "This is my new friend, Paige!" Phoebe said, as she pointed to Paige. Paige smiled, shyly. The girls gathered under the large chandelier. Piper held out her hand. "Hello Paige, I'm Piper. It's really nice to meet you." Piper said. Paige held out her hand. "Thanks, it's nice to meet you too." Paige replied. "Hi, I'm Prue." Prue said. Phoebe rolled her eyes and grabbed her eldest sister's hand. Phoebe pulled Prue's hand toward Paige's hand. "Come on Prue, shake hands!" Phoebe urged. As the four girls hands made contact with each other a glowing white light, shot down from the chandelier, over the four girls. Then the house began to shake.
Penny gasped. "Oh no!" Penny whispered. "What is it?!" Patty asked, in horror. "I...I don't know...But the girls might be in danger. I need to go! Bye Patty!" Penny said, then Penny grabbed a candle and blew out the flame. Penny waved her hand and the attic door flew open and Penny rushed down the stairs to see the four girls break the embrace. "What the heck was that?!" Paige asked, as she stepped back from Prue and Piper. "I want some answers!" Phoebe said, as she looked around the room. Suddenly there was a swirl of water, a gust of wind, a blaze of flames, dirt from the floor sifted togehter into an odd shape, and last but not least a flash of glittering purple light. Then 2 men and 3 women surrounded the girls. TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: Need I continue or not?