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Chapter 17: The New Elder
"Throw it, Jason!" Phoebe yelled, and Jason hurled the potion at the sickly demon Phoebe just tackled to the floor. The Demons screeched and exploded, leaving no trace it ever existed.
"That was..." Jason was at a loss for words.
"Amazing?" Phoebe supplemented.
"Yeah."
"See? Vanquishing a demon does wonders for your self esteem."
"I do see," he said, wrapping his arms around Phoebe and drawing her into a long, deep kiss.
"Alright, break it up you two," an irritated Piper said. "We have an hour until Wyatt waked up from his nap and about half an hour until I throw my guts up again. We should be able to fit two demon vanquishes."
"Well, isn't someone hormonal this morning," Paige commented.
"Shut up," Piper mumbled. "We have two days to get through this list of demons before Leo's power transferring ceremony thingy can happen."
"Ceremony thingy?"
"You know what I mean. The sooner we can vanquish these demons, the sooner I can get back to a semi-normal life." Paige opened her mouth to speak, but Piper cut her off. "Don't even go there, missy."
"Shutting up."
"Okay the next demon is the Saucer demon. Uck. Take a look at his face."
"Maybe we should give him a makeover before we vanquish him," Paige suggested, looking at the book over her shoulder. "Make him feel good about his afterlife."
"Please tell me you're not serious," Jason pleaded.
Phoebe put a hand on his arm. "It's a joke."
Piper put her hand to her stomach, feeling the urge to throw up. "Someone finish the potion. I'll be back." She ran out of the attic.
Then the phone rang. "I'll get it," Paige said, leaving Phoebe and Jason alone in the attic.
Jason went to Phoebe and drew her into an embrace. "When all this is over," he mumbled into her hair, "we are going to take a week-long romantic trip. Just you and me."
Phoebe laughed and kissed him. "Sounds wonderful. But first, let's take care of these pesky demons."
She went to the book and began looking at the Saucer demon entry. Jason came behind her and began rubbing her shoulders. He began kissing her neck and Phoebe sighed with content. I love you, Jason, she thought.
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Two days later, Piper, Wyatt, Chris, Paige, Phoebe, Jason, Leo, two Elders, and the teacher from magic school stood in the attic. Leo and the two Elders stood in the middle of the circle the others formed around them. The teacher stood a slight distance back from Leo.
One of the Elders held his hand to Leo's forehead and both began to chant in Latin. As he did so, Leo began to glow a golden color, just like the golden color he glowed when becoming an Elder. Then the golden light began to flow out of him, making him gasp for breath.
Piper, holding Wyatt, took a step towards him, but Phoebe put a hand on her arm, causing her to step back.
The golden light shot out of Leo, causing him to fall to his knees. The golden light formed a cloud above them, slowly changing into blue orbs. The Elders kept on chanting, and the cloud of now blue orbs drifted towards the teacher.
Then something unexpected happened. The cloud spilt in two.
Everyone watched as one section swirled around the teacher, and slammed him in the middle of his chest. He glowed gold for a moment, and quickly returned to his normal self.
Meanwhile, the other cloud hovered in mid air, and began milling around the crowd. With out the subtle warning the cloud gave the teacher, this cloud quickly rushed into its prey.
It rushed into Chris.
