Chapter 2: Andy, the Whitelighter

"Andy!" Piper yelled. "You're a whitelighter?"

"So much for greetings," Andy said. "But, yeah."

"How? When?"

"Wait a minute," Paige said, holding her hands up. "How do you know our new whitelighter?"

"He's Prue's old boyfriend," Phoebe said, filling Paige in. "He died trying to protect us."

"I became a whitelighter right after I died," Andy said. "The Elders decided that since I had saved so many lives in my line of work andhelped protect and keep your guys' secret, I deserved more."

"You never thought to tell us?" Piper asked.

"I couldn't," Andy said. "I was ordered against it."

"You could've told Prue," Piper said. "Do you know how long she mourned over you? It could have helped her a bit if she knew that you were still alive, so to speak."

"I couldn't tell her, no matter how bad I wanted to. I watched her mourn from afar and just wished I could give her a sign that I was alright."

"So why now?" Phoebe asked. "Why did the Elders all of the sudden decide to tell us and assign us to you?"

"That, I do not know," Andy said. "All I know, is that I'm sent to be your new healer." Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it," Phoebe said after a few knocks, even though they were right in front of the door. They had all been too shocked to move. Phoebe opened the door and flashed a big smile. "Oh, hi, Darlene. Come on in." Her smile quickly went away when she saw that Darlene had a black eye and that she had been crying.

"What happened?" Paige asked.

"My boyfriend," she said. "I thought I could trust him. He was a warlock. He tried to kill me."

"Here, whitelighter," Piper said. "Your first chance to heal." Andy moved in and put his hands over her eye. The familiar golden glow came and her eye regained its color.

"Come sit down," Paige said, leading her to the couch.

"Tell us about this warlock," Phoebe urged.

"I'll get the Book," Piper said, walking towards the stairs.

"I met him a few days ago," Darlene said. "He seemed really nice, so we went on a date that night. He was so great. Then, all of the sudden today, he hit me and took out an athame to kill me. I barely got away."

"How did you get away?" Paige asked. "Warlocks can blink."

"First I kicked him out of my way," she said. "I ran for the door. He blinked to the other side and I used a sleeping potion that put him to sleep."

"Good thing you had one of those handy," Phoebe said. "We'll make a vanquishing potion…"

"No," Paige said. "Darlene will make the potion. This is her fight, she'll deal with him." They heard Piper coming down the stairs with the Book of Shadows. She walked over to them and set it down on the coffee table before them.

"Alright," Piper said. "Look him up." Darlene opened the Book and started flipping through the pages. After a while, she found him.

"Here he is," she said. "Mixxel."

"Potion ingredients are in the kitchen," Paige said. "If you need help just call for Piper. She's the master chef." Darlene nodded her head and walked into the kitchen.

"Now, back to you," Piper said to Andy. "I still can't believe you're a whitelighter. This is great." They heard the front door open and close and Leo walk in with Wyatt and Chris. "How was your morning with the boys, dear?"

"Great," he called back. He then entered the living room and saw Andy. "Andy? What are you doing here?"

"The Elders assigned me to the sisters," Andy answered. Leo didn't seem the least bit surprised about him being a whitelighter. Piper took strong notice to this.

"You knew, didn't you?" she asked.

"Knew what?" Leo asked.

"Don't you 'knew what' me," she said. "You knew he was a whitelighter all this time?"

"Well, of course," Leo answered. "I was a whitelighter at the time too."

"Why didn't you tell us?" Phoebe asked.

"It wasn't my place to tell. Plus, I heard the Elders didn't want you three to know." Piper was about to open her mouth, when Phoebe and Paige stopped her.

"Yes, Piper," they said in unison. "We know you hate the Elders." Piper shut her mouth and nodded.

"With a passion," she added. Phoebe looked down at her watch.

"I'm late for work," she said, standing up quickly. "I'll talk to you all later." She ran out the door without any more hesitation.

"I'm gonna go check on Darlene," Paige said, walking to the kitchen.

"I'm going to make brownies," Piper said. She followed Paige into the kitchen.

"I'm going to go insane," Andy said.