Hey! I know, over two weeks! But, I have been really busy with homework and tests! If you're wondering what happened to Richard, you'll find out at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 16
Phoebe's eyes widened in shock when Barbas said these words. Why would Piper be scared to become pregnant again? She loved being a mom to Ariana and Alyssa. She was a terrific mom to them. She would die to protect them.
Piper sensed that Leo was behind her and she turned around to see a confused look on his face. She said, "Not now, Leo." And turned away. She looked Barbas right in his confused, green eyes.
"I'm confused. Is it always your intension to make everybody's fears come true, or is it just now that you're making an exception?" Piper asked him sternly.
Jason walked into the room to see Phoebe confused and hurt. He walked over to her and put a protective arm around her shoulder and held her tight. "Who is this one?" he asked.
"He's the demon of fear, Barbas." Were the first words Leo spoke when he entered the living room.
"That's it, enough chit chat, time to find out some more fears." Barbas said in his usual graveling voice. He swiped his hand in front of Phoebe and said out loud, " Aw, your fear is that one of your sisters will die. How sweet!"
"Her fear has already come true Barbas, remember? Prue?" Piper said as a tear rolled down her cheek.
Leo wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into him and he held her as tight as he could. "It's okay. She's in a better place." Leo whispered quietly in her ear.
"Ah, yes. I guess we'll just move onto the next person in the room." He said and swiped his hand in front of Jason.
"Your fear is… you don't fear anything. My lord. A person without a fear in the world." He said. "Ah, a whitelighter, he certainly has a fear. Your fear is that one of your daughters will die." He said.
"You can't get hold of my daughters. They're somewhere you won't be able to get to." Piper snapped.
"Yet, I have another fear to come to life." He said as Paige orbed into the room.
"Not you again. I thought we told you not to bother coming after us again." Paige said grumpily.
"Yes, me, again. Now, still afraid on small spaces I see. I can take care of that." He said and flicked his hands and suddenly Paige started to curl herself into a tight ball on the floor.
She kept saying, "Stop, stop, this isn't happening."
"Paige! Paige! You're hallucinating! Snap out of it!" Piper yelled as she felt a kick at her kidney.
Piper doubled over in pain and lie on the floor, holding her stomach with tears streaming down her cheeks. Leo bent down and pulled her into his arms and rocked her back and forth. "Piper, sweetie, honey, listen to me, this isn't happening. You need to realize it. You aren't pregnant. You need to fight it." Leo said as Jason knelt down next to Piper and held her head up.
"Phoebe is taking care of Paige." Were the words he said to Leo.
Over where Paige was curled up in a ball, Phoebe had her wrapped up in a tight hug. "Paige, this isn't happening. You need to know that you are in the living room and the walls are not moving in on you. Paige, fight it please." Phoebe cried to her baby sister.
Suddenly, Paige sat up and looked up at Phoebe.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah, I am. Where's Piper?" She asked, not seeing her older sister there.
"She is overcoming her fear of becoming pregnant again." Phoebe whispered.
"WHAT!" Paige nearly yelled. "Where is she?" Paige asked.
"Jason and Leo are taking care of her." Phoebe said as she pointed over to her sister who was still overcoming her deepest fear.
"Why is that her greatest fear?" Paige asked.
"I don't know sweetie. Let's just hope she overcomes it like you did. Let's just hope Barbas doesn't get hold of Aly and Ari too." She added.
Over where Piper lay, Leo whispered in her ear, "Piper, baby, Alyssa, Ariana, and I need you, please don't leave us know." He said.
He heard a sharp intake of breath and saw Piper's chocolate brown eyes open. "Leo, I'm sorry. It's just that, I can't become pregnant so soon after Aly and Ariana were born because they'd still be babies when the new baby would be born." She explained.
"It's okay, sweetie. Just as long as you're okay. Paige is too, she overcame her fears before you came to." He said as Phoebe and Paige came up around them.
The front door slammed and everyone's heads snapped up and looked around.
"Where's Richard?" Paige asked.
AN: UH OH! What did Richard do? They will find out on the next chapter on Losing a Sister!
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