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R and R Part 2
It was a beautiful morning, Phoebe could hear the birds singing as sunlight poured in though the small crack in the curtains. She could smell the crisp winter air through an open window, she even heard voices, they must have been getting ready for another day of farming. It was going to be a great day for everyone, except Phoebe.
She groaned and pulled the thick covers over her head, after what had happened with Brennan last night, today was going to be tough, but she would have to face it sooner or later, and she had promised the girl she helped out yesterday, Josie, that she would give her levitation lessons. Reluctantly, she swung her legs over the side of the bed and headed to the bathroom for a shower.
As the warm water pounded her back, she realised she would have to set things straight with Brennan, but first she would have to set things straight with herself. Why did I kiss him? She kept thinking over and over again, but she just told herself that it was because of her premonition, her dream, and the bond that she formed with him, it was making her love crazy! That was all. She stepped out of the shower, feeling better about her situation.
She came down to the kitchen and found Ally, blasting dishes with the water cascading from her hand.
'Morning!' she greeted her cheerfully 'Did you sleep well?'
'Yeah, that bed is the most comfortable I've ever slept in,' replied Phoebe enthusiastically.
She watched some of the older kids running about outside, getting various farming tools.
'I wouldn't have thought there was much to do on a farm in the winter,' Phoebe stated
'Oh no, there's tons to do! You have to make sure the animals are safe, you need to make sure that the frost doesn't wreck the soil, but that's on a mortal farm,' Ally smiled 'We have so many witches here, so we use our powers to grow crops even in the winter,'
'But you need sunlight to make plants grow,'
'Not all the time, we have a kid who can make plants grow faster, we have a kid who can manipulate light, and if that isn't enough, my Mom can always move the clouds so that the sun can get through,'
Phoebe spluttered on her coffee in surprise 'Your Mom was that kind of power?!'
Ally laughed at her reaction 'Yeah, she's atmokinetic; it means she can control the atmosphere. You know, like, causing storms, moving rain clouds, and if she's really pissed, she usually ends up causing a little thunder by accident,'
'Wow! Your family is really powerful!'
She smiled 'Not as powerful as yours,'
Phoebe's face went red 'Maybe, but when it comes to powers, you have us beat. I would have killed for your power when I first became a witch, and my Mom could only freeze time, while yours is away shifting clouds and creating storms!'
Ally went back to doing dishes and looking out the window 'Yeah, well, having strong powers comes with disadvantages, like what they did to Ryan,' she turned to Phoebe 'Brennan told me what happened,'
Phoebe avoided the hurt woman's gaze 'I'm sorry, I…'
'What? You don't need to apologise, we all knew that Ryan would come back someday and want revenge, I'm just sorry you got caught in crossfire,'
She turned back to scrubbing the breakfast plates as Phoebe drank her coffee and ate the leftover bagels that were from breakfast.
'Ally! Ally!' a young girl, no older than 5 rushed into the kitchen.
'Hey, slow down! What's wrong?' Ally knelt down beside the girl and stroked her hair.
'Matt turned Johnny into a pig again!' the little girl whined.
Ally sighed 'Okay, tell him to get his butt in here, why don't you take Phoebe to where Johnny is? She'll fix him,'
The girl leaned in and whispered something in Ally's ear, which Ally laughed at 'Don't worry, you can trust her, she's Brennan's friend,'
Phoebe gave the woman a look, she didn't like the tone she had said Brennan's name in, but she decided to ignore it.
Phoebe smiled cautiously at the girl, who slowly walked over to her.
'My name's Renee,' she introduced herself.
Phoebe knelt down so she was at eye level with the girl 'My name's Phoebe, and it's very nice to meet you,'
Renee smiled at her 'What do you look like?'
'What?'
Ally stepped in 'Renee has the power to see people's aura's, if she can't see you, it means your aura is really bright or really dark, which one is it, Renee?'
'It's very very bright,' she answered triumphantly.
Renee was dragging Phoebe down to the barn; apparently this was where the Johnny was. They entered and a group of boys, probably around 7 years old, were standing around something and laughing.
'Ally's wantin to see you, Matt!' the little girl squealed. One of the boys turned around, he looked like the average little boy troublemaker, and he had obviously been playing in the mud.
'Toooooooo bad,' the little boy said with his hands on his hips.
Phoebe knelt down and talked to Renee 'Go and tell Ally that Matt will be up soon, okay?'
The little girl nodded and run back up to the large house.
Phoebe turned her attention to the little boy, who was glaring at her.
'Watcha gonna do, lady?' he spat
'You're going to reverse this magic, or I'll tell your friends some of your secrets,'
'Liar!' he retorted.
'Okay, but I warned you,' Phoebe began probing the youths mind 'Aww… How cute! You sleep in Blue's Clue's pyjamas!'
The little boys face went red as his friends sniggered at him 'Reverse the magic, or I'll tell them a whole lot more,'
Matt had a heavy scowl on his face, but he turned around and threw a potion at the pig, which slowly began to change into a little boy, who she presumed was Johnny. He ran out the barn door, wanting to avoid Matt at all costs.
Matt was fuming on his way up to the house, he was kicking every spare pebble he could find, his friends followed him, making the odd remark about his pyjamas.
'Nicely done,'
Phoebe spun around on the spot to find Brennan looking at her from the barn door, she had been dreading this moment ever since she woke up, she would have to give him an answer.
'Hey,' she answered, her voice barely above a whisper.
'How have you been?' he asked
'Fine, you know, just helping your sister out,' smiled nervously
There was a silence
'Look, Phoebe, about last night…'
'Brennan, please, don't. Right now I' just so scattered… I can't even make sense of what happened last night… I'm just trying to say that… I need some… time,' she stuttered.
He sighed 'Okay, I'm not going pressurise you,' he moved his hand to her arm assuringly, but as soon as their skin made contact, Phoebe was hit with a premonition. A big premonition.
She opened her eyes to see that she was lying in a large double bed, with the sun in eyes. Phoebe squinted against the light and got out of the bed, she looked around, it looked like a normal bedroom, it looked like someone had been in the bed with her, but had left earlier. Phoebe suddenly heard voices coming from the hallway, they were getting closer.
Two kids appeared, the boy who looked like he was in his early teens was obviously the older of the two, he had thick, dark, messy hair and was standing in front of the other, a girl, she had dark hair also although it ran to the middle of her back, she looked a lot like Prue.
'Mom? What are you doing out of bed? You should be fighting off that laryngitis,' the girl said to her.
Mom?! Phoebe's thoughts shrieked in her head. What kind of premonition was this?
'C'mon, Faith, you know Mom, she never likes having to skip work, even for a day,' the boy said, so the girl's name was Faith, she corrected herself, her daughter's name was Faith!
'Oh! That reminds me! Dad called the paper this morning before he went for his shift at the hospital, he told them that you were taking a well-deserved break and that your column would be in when you were feeling better,'
Phoebe gave the Faith a confused look 'You're probably wondering why we're home at this time, Connor and I decided to come and visit you, and get lunch at the same time,'
Phoebe nodded, pretending to know what was going on, so her son was called Connor, and her daughter was called Faith.
Another voice rang out 'Faith! Connor! You ready to orb back to school?'
Connor looked at his watch 'Shoot… Faith, we gotta go,'
The dark haired girl groaned 'Double magical combat lessons… why?'
'Are you kidding? Combat lessons are the best! Especially when you get use your powers!
Faith glared at him 'Easy for you to say, you have an active powers…'
'Guys, hurry up! Afternoon classes start in a minute!' two more people entered the room, they were both girls, they looked in between the ages of Connor and Faith, and they were twins! They had blond hair that went just past their shoulders and… was it just Phoebe? Or did these girls look slightly like Paige?
'Hey Aunt Phoebe! One of them said enthusiastically 'Are you sure you don't want me to heal you?'
'No, she told us this morning that she doesn't want us to use magic just to get rid of normal sicknesses,' Conner said
'Aright, and by the way,' she turned to Phoebe 'my Mom says hi!' Mel answered
'C'mon, lets go,' Faith said sadly
'Alright,' the other twin answered ' Oh! And, Aunt Phoebe? Aunt Piper says she'll bring you some soup later,'
'Bye Mom!' Connor said as all four of the orbed out.
Phoebe opened her eyes to find Brennan looking over her, whispering 'Thank God,' to himself.
'Ugh… what happened?'
'You passed out, dear,'
Phoebe looked over Brennan to see a woman sitting in one of the living room armchairs.
'Premonitions are a bitch sometimes, aren't they?' the woman winked.
Phoebe gave her a puzzled look, Brennan saw her reaction and explained 'Phoebe, this is my Mom, Julie Mulwray,'
Another woman came out of the kitchen; she looked a lot like Ally, only a bit older.
'Here you go,' she said, giving a glass of water Phoebe 'I'm Nelle by the way,'
Phoebe set the glass down on the table and shook hands with the eldest Mulwray sister.
'It must have been a pretty big premonition to knock you out like that!' Julie stated.
Phoebe decided to keep her premonition to herself 'Oh, it wasn't a premonition, my powers are just a little erratic, sometimes they'll burst out and I'll feel everyone's emotions within a 10 mile radius!' she lied.
'Wow, that must be tough,' another voice rang out behind her, she turned around to see another woman, who she assumed was Sandra, the youngest of the family. She looked different from the others though; she had blond hair that run just past her shoulder. She held out her hand 'Call me Sandy,'
After the introductions were finished and her headache had subsided, Phoebe went outside for some fresh air.
'Don't let her get away, she's a keeper!' Julie teased.
Brennan gave his mother a disapproving look, which she took to heart 'But seriously, she seems nice,'
'She is,' Brennan answered, looking at the door Phoebe had went through.
'Then why do I get the feeling you haven't told her that?'.
Phoebe had been walking in the forest for around 20 minutes now, her headache had come back and her mind was swimming with thoughts. She needed to calm down and concentrate and as if her thoughts had been answered, she came across a beautiful part of the woods. There was a large rock in the middle of a pond, and flowers surrounded it. Phoebe levitated over to the boulder, not wanting to ruin the plants, and sat down in the middle. She crossed her legs and took her normal meditating position, for some reason, meditating always brought her inner peace. The only downside was that she usually ended up activating her powers and she became a human radar.
She didn't know how long she sat there; she was just enjoying the clarity that came from being in this place. As she had predicted, she sensed someone was coming, and from what she could sense, it was Nelle. She opened her eyes to find that it was night and that she had accidentally created a psionic blast, she snuffed it quickly and prepared for the eldest sister.
'What are you doing here?' the woman's voice rang out.
Phoebe opened her eyes to look at her 'I needed to sort out my thoughts, this place is beautiful,'
'Thanks, I created it,'
Phoebe gave her a shocked look, which she chuckled at 'I'm geokinetic, I have control over the earth, you see, the entire earth is connected,' she knelt down and touched one of the flowers, 'See this flower? It's from Brazil, it was just a matter of channelling it through the earth and bringing it here,' she made a gesture with her hands and the some of the flowers disappeared into the ground, making a path. Nelle walked through the open piece of grass, the plants growing back as soon as she had past their previous area. She reached the edge of the pond and made another gesture with her hands, a stone path arose from the water and took her straight to her Phoebe was sitting, where she joined her.
'So, how long have known Brennan?'
Phoebe looked her with grateful eyes; this was the person that didn't ask her if she was a Charmed One or if she and Brennan were a couple.
'Around 6 months, we work together,' she replied.
'On Mutant X?'
Phoebe's eyes widened when that was said, Nelle quickly explained 'I'm the only one Brennan has told about Mutant X, so don't worry, you don't need to lie,' Nelle positioned herself more comfortably on the boulder 'What's it like?'
'Being in Mutant X?' Nelle nodded
Phoebe looked into the distance 'It's great. I mean, sure, there is an element of danger to it, but I've made good friends with my team-mates, and if that means I have to risk my life now and again, so be it,'
'Don't you miss your family?'
Phoebe didn't answer for a while. She just stared at the moon 'All the time, I wonder if they miss me, I wonder if they're alright, I even wonder if they're alive,'
'I'm sure you would know if they were,' Nelle stated
'What makes you so sure?'
She looked at the water ' Because you can always tell if you family is in need, it's part of makes sister witches so strong, I know I can always tell if my sisters need me,'
'What about Brennan?'
Nelle laughed 'Brennan gets himself into so much trouble, it's hard to keep track,'
The two women laughed at this comment, but as the laughter subsided, Nelle asked Phoebe a question.
'Listen, I usually do weekly demon patrols around the area, but it'll be more fun if you come, what do you say?'
'Okay, cause I sure ain't milking a cow!'
It was 6am when Phoebe got up, it was still dark. Apparently the demon patrol took all day, so she had to pack all the things she might need for the day. She tiptoed down the stairs, trying not to wake anyone up. Her heart leapt to her throat when she saw Brennan sitting in the kitchen with his hands around a cup of coffee.
'Sorry, did I scare you?' he asked
'Of course not! I just love meeting people unexpectantly at 6 in the morning!' she whispered angrily 'Why are you up?' she said coldly as she moved over to the coffee pot.
'Okay, first of all, it's my house, so I should be scared of the stranger walking into my kitchen, and second of all, I'm always up at this time, but you don't know that because you usually wake up 5 hours later!'
Phoebe spun around, ready to release a venomous remark of her own, but she sighed
'This is ridiculous, Brennan, I don't want to fight with you,'
Brennan looked at the floor 'You're right, I'm sorry,'
'Can we just pretend that what happened two nights ago, didn't happen? I really don't want to screw up our friendship,'
Brennan smiled at her 'Deal,' he sat back down at the table, Phoebe joined him shortly after.
'So, why are you up?' she said with a smirk
'I'm going with Nelle on a demon hunt,' he answered.
'Really? Me too,'
Suddenly, they both lowered their coffee cups from their mouths and looked at each other knowingly, they were both thinking the same thing; set up.
'C'mon, let's go down to the stables and play along,' Phoebe said
'Alright, this will be fun,' Brennan grinned.
Nelle was at the stables getting three horses ready, she saw Phoebe and Brennan walking down together and thought that they looked good with each other, but then Nelle remembered that she had forgot to tell them about the other's presence on this trip, this probably looked like a set up from where they were standing.
'Okay, you guys ready to go?' she said with a smile.
'Yeah, you got a horse for me?' Phoebe asked
'Uh huh, over here, she's called Primrose,' Nelle led her over to a beautiful white horse with a black spot over its eye.
'I think she likes you,' Nelle smiled as she watched Primrose nuzzle Phoebe.
Phoebe had expected to find no demons whatsoever; they had vanquished 3 in the last 4 hours, which was quite unusual, according to Nelle. They went to the edge of the valley, where they decided to split up.
'Okay, I can only use my powers on ground level, so you guys check the caves up there, and I'll wonder around here,'
'What about the horses?' Phoebe asked, stroking Primrose softly.
'Don't worry, they know the way home, so just leave them and we'll walk back,'
Brennan and Phoebe nodded and dismounted the horses to start climbing the steep cliff face………
'C'mon, I'll help you up!' Brennan told her, this was the last cave they had to check and after that they could go home. He pulled Phoebe up to the caves mouth and they ventured in slowly, this was the biggest cave they had come across so if there were any demons around, they would be here. They began to hear voices as they went deeper into the chasm, they his around the corner and saw demons huddled around a fire, moaning about the cold.
Brennan and Phoebe burst in and began to vanquish them, Brennan was blasting them and Phoebe was shutting down their minds with her psionic blasts, vanquishing them instantly.
'You guys are really too easy to vanquish these days…' Brennan said cockily as he flew over a demon with his jet propulsion power and blasted it in the back, sending it flying and knocking it out.
He went over to help Phoebe who was taking care of the rest without her powers, she sent a powerful roundhouse kick to the head, breaking his neck and she began laying into the last one. Brennan decided to watch her, knowing that she could take these guys in her sleep. Without anyone noticing, the demon that Brennan had knocked out slowly came to, he saw both witches with their backs to him, and it was just a matter of picking his target. He decided on the woman, as he would save his comrade in the process. Brennan turned round to see the demon put up his hand and sending sharp razors from them. He ran forward, hoping he would make it, he shoved Phoebe out of the way and the razors pierced his chest as Phoebe looked on in horror.
Fuelled by her anger, she sent a psionic blast filled with rage at the attacker, causing a painful vanquish, the other one had his head hit repeatedly off the cave wall until he burst into flames.
She skidded down beside Brennan who was shaking violently, she was crying freely now as she cradled his head.
'Brennan… No! You can't! I can't do this alone! I need you! Please! Don't go!' her voice was in a low, shaky whisper as she wept. He began to close his eyes; she had to do something, but what?
She then remembered a spell from the Book of Shadows, it had come with 3 pages of warnings and was dangerous if used on the wrong person, but she didn't care. It was her only chance, and she wasn't going to let him die. She stroked the side of his face and began to whisper the spell.
'Your soul now flickers, in the wind
The light of your eyes, has now dimmed
To bring you back, I give to thee
My heart, my soul, a part of me,'
Phoebe kissed him softly, as soon as their lips met, a blinding white light emitted from the two. Brennan began to heal, the razors in his chest disintegrated and he began to return the kiss as he regained consciousness. The two were locked in a passionate kiss and slowly, clothes began to come off.
'You do know we're going to have to leave eventually, don't you?' Brennan told the woman in his arms. The only thing covering the two lovers was a blanket that Phoebe had wisely packed.
'I know, but, let's just enjoy the moment while we can,' she moved even closer to him.
'Alright,' he kissed the top of her head
They lay there, sharing body heat until Phoebe sat up and looked around for her clothes, Brennan followed her soon after.
They began climbing down the cliff; it was around midway where Phoebe began to speak.
'Brennan? I've been thinking, what do you think about keeping us a secret for now?
'What? You ashamed of me?' he joked
'No,' she smirked 'Of course not, I would just like to keep it 'our little world' for now,'
'Alright, being private will be good, I guess,' he answered
'Thanks,'
They got to the bottom of the cliff just in time to see Nelle running towards them.
'Thank God! I saw a bright light in the distance and I was worried, you okay?' she asked.
Brennan and Phoebe looked at each other 'Yeah, we're fine,' Brennan answered.
'Okay,' she replied 'Ready to go?'
The two nodded and began walking behind her, as they were walking, Brennan released a small spark of electricity, which made Phoebe yelp.
'You okay?' Nelle asked
'Uh… Yeah, I'm fine,' she turned around and glared at Brennan, who smirked at her and ignited the electricity on his fingertips and showed it off. Phoebe grinned at him and turned back round to keep walking, leaving Brennan to his thoughts
Oh yeah, private is good!
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