I am so sorry for not updating in a very, very, very long time but the schools internet was down and I haven't been able to post or review! Then my computer crashed and I had to rewrite everything. It seems that everything is trying to prevent me from finishing this story, but I finally got my own internet and will not be detoured. I promise to finish and continue on with the sequel. But first my replies to my reviewers!
Charmed Dawn: WOW! You review was so touching. It is amazing to hear how much you like my story, and I just knew I couldn't wait one sec longer to update. Also I would love it, if you could be my beta reader.
Unique-Deflection: I am so excited that you like my story and I hope you are thrilled by this update as much as I am.
Peanut2lb: I am glad you enjoyed my tie in with Matthew Tate, and as for the baby revealing powers to Caden we'll lets just say…must keep lips sealed… unfortunately my muse is saying it's classified information until such time it is revealed.
RJF2004: I am excited to read that you enjoyed my tie in with Matthew Tate. And I hope the adventures of Phoebe and Caden is everything you expect.
And now on with the story!
Destiny Ch 25
The Search for the Starlight Prophecy
Piper Halliwell was finishing a council meeting when Chris orbs in and hides behind his her.
"Chris, what are you up too?" Piper asks amused and a little irritated.
"shh" Chris replies putting his finger to his lips wanting her to be quiet.
Piper turns her head to see Wyatt orb in looking around the room with his piercing blue eyes.
"Wyatt, you know you are not supposed to be here." Piper says
"I'm sorry mommy, me looking for Chris. We play orb tag." Wyatt replies with a huge smile.
"That is very nice sweetie, but mommy is in the middle of an important meeting" Piper tells him.
Chris peeks out from behind his mother and giggles "There you are!" Wyatt says excitedly running after him.
Chris quickly orbs away and Wyatt orbs after him.
"Boys" Piper begins
Piper frustrated turns back to the council "meeting adjourned"
The elders orb out.
"Leo!" Piper yells
Ireland
Phoebe and Caden arrived in Ireland and set up camp near some caves along the southeastern coast. The scenery while they were driving had been breathtaking but despite the beauty Phoebe felt herself distracted
"Anything is better compared to that plane ride" Phoebe thought
Phoebe had begun to panic. Every time she got sick, Caden would ask if she was ok. He had even tried to give her motion sickness pills, but she refused not knowing what side effects it could have on the baby. This caused an eyebrow raise from Caden; making her come up with a quick fib. She could barely keep secrets from her sisters much less Caden. It didn't help her stress any by feeling that he was unusually nervous and her baby's telepathic ability had her occasionally hearing his thoughts. She wasn't worried about Caden abandoning the baby, but she was worried this would drive a wedge between them and she would become a single parent like her mother. Caden loved to travel, loved his job and he wouldn't be able to do as much if he raised a family. Phoebe put her hand on her stomach knowing this baby would be the best thing in her life no matter what happened. She squeezed Caden's hand and he smiled back.
Suddenly Phoebe's thoughts were interrupted
"Great she doesn't even like it here. Was I being too pushy? Did she feel obligated? Maybe I should just take her back. She hasn't been feeling well. Maybe it's too much for her right now? I hope I am not rushing this too soon, but after what happened last month."
Phoebe closed her eyes and sighed slightly annoyed "Caden its ok I want to be here more than anything, I am just a little tired."
Caden stared at her confused and shocked "Umm Phoebe, I didn't say anything. I was thinking… First Paige a few days ago and now me, are you becoming telepathic?" Caden asked
Phoebe put her hand to her mouth for a second then gave him a quizzical look "I..I guess, I don't know. What else could it be?" Phoebe answered
"We'll let's just hope it is not demonic somehow, If they find out what we are up too, it would mean trouble." Caden said
"Trouble! What do you mean trouble?" Phoebe asked concerned.
"Well, Demons have been after the prophecy too, and they would stop at nothing to get it, especially now that their numbers are so low, having the prophecy would give them an advantage." Caden answered
Phoebe looked almost horrified at the thought
"Phoebe, you are ok with that right? I mean it's nothing we couldn't handle plus your sisters are only an orb away." Caden said trying to reassure her.
"Your right everything will be fine…I think I'll go unpack some of my stuff and rest a little bit" Phoebe says and gives him a kiss. Truth was she was terrified, if something happened to the baby…we'll she just would have to think positive.
"That's a good idea, you rest and I will come to check on you later" Caden says smiling as Phoebe quickly leaves.
Brittany's Room
Phelicia and Brittany walked into Brittany's room chatting away.
"Yeah I know your right but ever since we've been going out it has been one thing after another, and we haven't been able to have a lot of time together. I mean I've liked a lot of guys before but this is different; it seriously scares me sometimes and I don't want to ruin it."
Britt reaches in and gives her a hug "It will work I promise, maybe you should talk to your Aunts" "I mean the Halliwell's have had a lot of experience with guys" Britt says trying to stifle a laugh.
"Ok for one, not that funny with the Halliwell history. You call this helping" Phelicia says not amused and sits down on the bed
Britt's face changes to that of concern "Oh, Licia I am sorry, sure the past was different but look at your Aunt Piper and now your Aunt Paige and it looks like your aunt Phoebe has found someone too."
"True…but"
"No buts you just forget my little comment, you are destined for love and you will not end up like your parents, either sets of them." Brittany says consolingly.
Chris orbs in a runs to Phelicia saying "up" repeatedly and holding out his hands as Wyatt orbs in.
"No fair" Wyatt said upset as Phelicia picks Chris up.
"Ok boys what are you up too?" Phelicia asks smiling ruffling Wyatt's hair. "Wy Does your mommy and daddy know you are here?"
Wyatt gives the girls and innocent look.
"Wyatt you know your mommy and daddy get worried when you leave them." Phelicia says scolding him.
"We play orb tag and Chris is one that boke the rules. He leave and I follow" Wyatt answers as Chris buries his head in Phelicia's shoulder.
Brittany can't help but smile as Phelicia gives her a "help me" look
"Chris, Chris look at me" Brittany says and Chris slowly raises his head
"Chris I know you're playing but you need to stay with mommy and daddy."
Chris gives Phelicia a sad look then hugs her.
"Aww" Brittany says.
Suddenly Michael orbs in "It wasn't very nice of you two to leave me like that."
Wyatt hides behind Phelicia and smiles at the stranger.
"Who are you?" Brittany asks
My name is Michael and I'm an Elder
Phelicia and Brittany just look at each other then burst out laughing, Michael just stares at them and they quickly stop.
"What? You're serious" Phelicia asks
"No offense, but you look around our age" Brittany says.
"Elders are chosen, they can be any age. "Wyatt, Chris it's time to go back"
"No" Chris says and sends and ice beam at Michael who becomes frozen.
Brittany and Phelicia stare in shock "Christopher Halliwell, you are in trouble young man" but Wyatt and Chris just giggle at the frozen elder
"Wow, I can't believe he could freeze an elder" Brittany says taking Chris from Phelicia who begins to unfreeze the elder with her light beam.
"Michael I am so sorry apparently my cousins don't want to go back can you tell Aunt Piper and Uncle Leo that I took them to their Grandfathers.
"Do you want to stay?" Michael asks Wyatt"
Wyatt smiled shaking his head
"Ok well I'll be going and you no more freezing ok" Michael smiles at Chris then turns to the girls. And you two, just be careful." He's says as if he knew something and orbs out.
Phelicia and Brittany just stare at each other seemingly speechless.
"Woa, can you believe that guy..I am so crushing" Britt says smiling
Phelicia nods her head with a smile agreeing with Brittany; then takes Chris and grabs Wyatt's hand
"I'll speed back. Chris orb us to grandpa's" Phelcia says
"Chris smiles and orbs them out."
Up There
Piper is pacing "Le…" Piper begins as Leo orbs in
"We'll it took you long enough. I've been calling you"
"Piper calm down, what happened?" Leo asks
"The boys orbed in and disrupted a very important meeting"
"Piper I am sorry Michael was watching them"
Piper glares at Leo.
"I'll just go find them" Leo says
He's about to orb out when Michael orbs in noticing Piper and Leo's concerned look
"Don't worry they're fine, Phelicia took them to their grandfathers."
"Are you sure?" Piper ask
"Yes I'm positive" Michael asks
Piper closes her eyes then opens them
"Leo, check on the boys. Phoebe needs my help, jingle if you need anything." and she orbs away
Ireland
In a tent Phoebe was sitting down on an air mattress looking very distressed when Piper orbs in.
"Piper" Phoebe says getting up and giving her a hug. "Wow, you look great, and I can't believe how big my little niece or nephew has grown since I've seen you last." Phoebe says rubbing Piper's stomach
Piper sighs at phoebe's interaction and pushes her hand away "I know the baby sure is growing fast, but you can be auntie later, right now I want to know what is going on with you, why did you call for me?" Piper says.
"Call for you? Piper I am a little preoccupied right now and I'm grateful you are here but I didn't call for you." Phoebe and Piper both looked confused, then Phoebe's eyes widen.
"Hello earth to Phoebe if you didn't call for me then who did?" Piper asked.
Phoebe walks over to her suitcase and begins to unpack.
"The only other conclusion…no it can't be."
"Phoebe what's going on?" Piper says giving phoebe her I know your up too something look.
Phoebe flashed Piper a nervous smile, who kept staring at her "Oh alright you know what I can't keep this a secret. Piper I'm…I'm ..pregnant."
Piper looked at her stunned "Your what! Phoebe..wow…I can't believe this…congratulations." Piper says still shocked and gives her a hug. "Who would of thought..both of us pregnant around the same time
"Piper, shh I haven't even told Caden yet."
"What! Well why not?"
"Because I am worried how he will react, everything was going great after the potion mix up a month ago and then this happened and I don't want to lose him. Not only that, but demons are also after the prophecy." Phoebe replies
"Oh Phoebe, I was scared too but you have to have faith that your life is different than our families past." Piper quietly says stroking Phoebe's hair. "And more importantly you have to tell Caden he deserves to know."
"I know and I will I promise I just want to find the right time to tell him."
"Phoebe, there's no right time to tell a guy your pregnant; plus the best part is their reaction." Piper answers smiling
"That's easy for you to say you were married." Phoebe replies
"True and yes it would make things easier but Caden isn't the type of guy who would abandon his responsibilities."
"I know that.. I do, but it still…scares me" Phoebe said quietly
"And that is perfectly understandable, but you can't let your fears control you. Need I remind you of my demon scare when I was pregnant with Wyatt."
"Yeah, and because of that I was almost a mermaid forever." Phoebe laughed
"Thank goodness Paige figured it out." Piper says "Where is she anyway?"
"She's in Italy with Kyle on their honeymoon."
"Really! Well it's about time."
"Piper!"
"What, she's finally enjoying herself, she only had at taste of freedom last year before everything came crashing down with Zankou."
"What has gotten into you?" Phoebe asked smiling. "Don't tell me you actually like being an elder?"
"Phoebe, being an elder has shown me everything we have done for the past 8 years has been worth it. With evil scattered our children have a chance at a normal life and it has given me hope, and I still can't believe I'm saying this" Piper said laughing
"Wow, look at you miss optimistic." Phoebe says playfully hitting her.
"Yeah, yeah don't rub it in" Piper says sarcastically then smiles.
"knock, knock can I come in?" Caden asks "Hi Piper! Honey, I thought you would be resting" Caden says with concern
"Well I was till Piper orbed down"
"I just wanted to see how she was doing." Piper cuts in
"That's great! Maybe you could actually talk some sense into her. By the way how are things in elderville?" Caden said joking causing a smile from Phoebe and a slight smirk from Piper
"Better than I thought, "Well I had better get going. I need to make sure the boys are ok. Phoebe, don't forget what I said. You can only wait so long before it becomes obvious" Piper says eying her sister."
"Caden understand we Halliwell's are very stubborn and that's something not even a sisterly bond can crack" Piper replied giving him an amused look then orbs out.
Phoebe becomes nervous
"What was that about?" Caden asked raising his eyebrow
"Oh nothing, you know sister stuff. So how is the dig coming?
"Actually the digging is taking a while, and you are avoiding my question again." Caden said walking over to her.
"Yes I am but it's not important now, what is important is that we find this prophecy before demons get it." Phoebe said walking to the entrance of the tent.
Brittany's Room
Brittany was typing on her computer when she felt a gust of air and turns around to see Phelicia .
"It's about time you got back" Brittany says
"What's wrong?" Phelicia asked concerned.
"Ally, Jason and their posse are spreading rumors again in their chat room!" Brittany replied
"Phelicia's scowls, has Athena and Andrew cracked their charm yet?"
"No but Andrew said Athena's close and as soon as she disenchants the charm. He'll let us know.
"Ally thinks she's so smart with her blocking charm, and Jason with his popularity, and with his unmatched ability with potions they'd definitely be waiting for us.
"Yeah but with your new power, Athena's smarts, my phasing, Drew's strength and Ryan's massing. We'll expose them and end this hatred of Ryan once and for all."
"I still can't believe everyone's against Ryan because he can blink and he happened to be related to an evil warlock family, it's not like he had a choice. Plus his family has been good for the past three generations.
"Yeah, but his relatives aren't, and they did almost destroy magic school." Britt said
Phelicia glared at her "Yes, but the point is he didn't join them, and he helped save the school. Our classmates should be rewarding him not rejecting him."
Suddenly Ryan blinks in. "How's is it coming?"
"Athena's working on it and Drew will let us know." Brittany replied
"How are you holding up?" Phelicia asked Ryan
"We'll the phone was ringing off the hook, so my parents had to unplug it. If this isn't solved I don't even know if I'll be able to go back to school, and with our K.M.T's at the end of the year I need to study without everyone whispering, and talking behind my back or judging me because of my families past." Ryan replied
Phelicia's face became full of concern, the Knowledge of Magic Test would show them their magical strengths and allowed magical training for a job: Such as an oracle, a council leader, a demon hunter, professor, slayer, wizard or protector to name a few. Many students of Magic School had a profession in magic even Phelicia's parents were magical archeologist. To Ryan his KMT's were a way to prove him self in whatever profession he was chosen. Phelicia always saw herself following in her parent's foot steps as an archeologist. However after living with her Aunts and seeing their careers in the non-magic world and even her birth-parents careers Phelicia wondered what life would be like if her life didn't revolve entirely around magic, but that question was for another day, right now she would help her friends, family and be there for Ryan.
"Ryan, we'll show the school your innocence and in the mean time put Ally, Jason and the gang in there place" Brittany stated defiantly
Phelicia smiled and Ryan gave a little smile back.
Ireland
Caden follows Phoebe out of the tent were they run into a woman looking in her late twenties with dirty blond hair and green eyes. She has a concerned look in her eyes
"Cay, we need your help down there." The woman says
"Cay?" Phoebe whispers to herself
"I'm on my way" Caden says following her.
Phoebe walks in front of them. "Hello, hi, um could some one please explain this to me?"
"Caden and the woman look at each other confused; then Caden understands and turns toward Phoebe.
"Oh, Phoebe this is my sister Amy, I've told you about her. Amy this is my girlfriend Phoebe"
"So this is the famous charmed one Phoebe Halliwell" Amy says with a smile. "I've heard a lot about you, and may I say it is a pleasure to meet you."
Phoebe gives a look a relief and smiles back "Amy, your sister right. Thanks, I've heard a lot about you too, mostly the adventures you two had when you were kids on digs with your parents."
"Yes we were quite the trouble makers" Amy laughs "I remember this one time Caden…"
Caden quickly interrupted "Yeah, before you tell embarrassing stories about me, you we're saying how you needed my help with the Prophecy" Caden said quickly.
"Right, the digging isn't taking as long as we thought, actually it was rather easy but there's something you should see.
As they head down into the caves Phoebe begins to get an unusual feeling. "Something's not right" Phoebe thought
As they continue down the tunnel they take a turn down a narrow passage way.
"Caden something's up we need to be alert." Phoebe says concerned
Caden nods. "Amy keep an eye out"
Amy gives him a look "You know me"
As they near the end of the tunnel they come to a stone door with ancient writing on it.
"Amy and Caden approach it "Ok I can make some of this out but then again this is not my area of expertise." She smiles at Caden
Caden gives her a look and begins to read the writing by Amy's torchlight while Phoebe keeps looking around for anything suspicious, growing more nervous.
"So what's it say?" Amy asked
"We'll most of it is explaining the importance of what is inside. Wait…Ilrian gorena ranea tonel pythia.
"The one who…
"The prophetess who…see pythia means prophetess. It's talking about a prophetess but the last of it has been worn away. Every time I find a clue about the starlight child a mention about a prophetess is always there.
"that can't be a coincidence can it?" Phoebe asked
"no they're definitely connected somehow" Caden replied trying to open the door
"Now if only I could open this door?" Caden asked
Phoebe and Amy walked over to help but and a soon a Phoebe touched the door and a vision flashed her head
a thousand years ago: the tunnel was lit up with torches, men and women in green robes were chanting, and engraving the new stone door; as they finished a young women came through the door, she could see the scrolls on a stand in the middle of the chamber; then she uttered some words in ancient celtic and turned to the door. "Balran cailrel breenan gaileght" and the door slowly closed and sealed itself and the men and women in robes silently let
"What did you see?" Caden asked as Phoebe began to open her eyes.
Phoebe smiled "I think I know how to open the door. Balran cailrel breenan gaileght"
A loud noise was heard as the door unsealed itself and it slowly opened.
"Impressive!" Amy stated
"Phoebe, ah wow, you know the.." Caden began
"Lets get that scroll and get out of here" Phoebe said relieved interrupting Caden and heading into the chamber.
"Phoebe wait!" Caden said concerned following after her.
Phoebe walked up to the stand only to find it empty….
Caden and Amy are shocked; suddenly the door seals itself shut and an evil laugh is heard throughout the chamber!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
TBC…
Ohh I am bad! My first upload in months and I leave you with a cliff hanger!
I promise I will update very soon!
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And coming later this week! The third story in The Starlight Chronicles (which is what I am calling them since Phelicia is known as the Starlight child) will face many changes for Phelicia and the sisters. Piper's new baby, Phoebe's pregnancy and the added newly weds to the mix, the sisters are more strained than ever and when the unexpected happens with Paige will this tear the sisters apart or bring them closer than ever, and Phelicia makes some huge decisions which will change her life forever.