Chapter 6: The Ritual

A/n: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I hope you all like this chapter. I'm feeling kind of uninspired at the moment. I still hope you like it. Please read and review. If you don't, you might make me cry.

Kyle was sitting back on the antique sofa, with Paige beside him, resting her head on his chest. They could stay like that forever. At least, they wished they could. Paige had a demon to vanquish, and Kyle did have other charges. They stayed the way they were for as long as they possibly could. The two felt so calm and so peaceful. They were at peace, and they didn't want that feeling to end. Kyle glanced upwards. He was hearing that all two familiar jingling. It could mean only one thing. The elders were calling him.

"They're calling?" Paige asked. She recognized his expression, having been called by the elders many times herself.

"Ya", said Kyle regretfully. "I have to go. You can't tell your sisters you saw me yet. It's too soon for them to know." Paige nodded in understanding, as she watched Kyle disappear in a swirl of blue-white lights. She missed him already. A few moments after Kyle left, she heard the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. She heard the key turn into the door. One of her sisters were home.

"Paige, you still here?" she heard Phoebe's voice yell up the stairs.

"Still in the attic", Paige yelled.

Phoebe walked up the stairs and opened the attic door. She saw Paige sitting on the sofa, smiling from ear to ear. "What are you so happy about?" Phoebe asked curiously. Paige hated lying to her sister, but she knew she must. "Nothing", Paige said, hastily wiping the smile off her face. She sat up straighter and allowed Phoebe to sit down beside her. Phoebe looked a bit distracted.

"What's up?" Paige asked her older sister. Phoebe shrugged. She didn't really know how to answer that. She wasn't really sure what was wrong. All day, she had a feeling that something horrible was about to happen. Phoebe couldn't really explain it, but she knew it was true. Something horrible was about to happen. She didn't know how she knew it, but she knew.

"I'm not really sure", Phoebe said slowly, "I've just had the strangest feeling all day. I feel like something horrible is about to happen." Paige looked at her, a worried crease formed above her brow. Usually, Phoebe bad feelings ended up being more than just feelings. If Phoebe was feeling like that, there was a good chance they were in grave danger.

"What sort of feeling?" Paige asked tentatively. Phoebe thought for a moment, trying to find the right words to describe what she was feeling. Instead of answering, she walked over to the Book of Shadows. She flipped through the pages until she found what she was looking for. She smoothed out the aged and yellowed page, and motioned to her sister to come closer to her. Paige came over and looked over Phoebe's shoulder at the Paige from the Book of Shadows. What she read caused her to shiver involuntarily. On the page an ancient clan was describes, followed by the most terrible of rituals

The Tarrak Clan

During the middle ages, they were the proud rulers of the underworld. All demons, even the source himself followed their command. The words of any one of these demons was considered law. For two centuries these demons formed a powerful hierarchy. Aidan Munro, a powerful witch, and the high priest of a powerful coven, defeated the ruler of the clan after a bloody battle. It was confirmed that he used a spell and a potion, but the specifics are unknown. After the vanquish of the ruler, most of the Tarrak disintegrated. Although there are a few members of the Tarrak left, the remain inactive. Beware of the blood ritual they might try to get their old power back. Should this ritual succeed it shall be the end.

Paige and Phoebe didn't like the sound of that. The man in the park had not been identified, but it was safe to bet that he was connected to the Tarrak in some way. Phoebe turned the page, and they found there the details of the blood ritual. What they read made their blood run cold. This ritual had to be stopped at all costs. By the looks of it they needed the Power of Three, which meant they needed Piper. They read the entire description of the ritual in horror.

The Blood Ritual…

A dark ritual used to resurrect a fallen demon. It requires the freshly spilled blood of the one who vanquished the demon. If that person is already dead, the ritual requires the blood of that persons eldest descendant. Other ingredients include the heart of a neophyte witch, a hair of a dead whitelighter, several ancient poisons and a live sacrifice of a magical child. Should the ritual succeed, two things shall happen. The Tarrak Clan will rise again, and it will be the end of the world as we know it.

Each ingredient was more horrific than the last. It was a disgusting ritual, and it's results were more horrible than they could contemplate. They knew they were going to stop this ritual. They had to, it was their destiny. There was an uncomfortable silence between them. "We need to call Piper", Paige said urgently. Phoebe nodded in agreement. They'd rather be doing something, instead of doing nothing. Paige was very worried. She went over to the phone to call Piper, who was still at P3.

She tried to keep the panic out of her voice as she spoke to her oldest sister. Unfortunately, Piper saw right through her. Paige's worry inspired worry in her sister as well. Paige didn't tell her sister the whole story, but she told her enough to cause her to worry. Piper said she would be home right away. Phoebe tried the best she could to look on the bright side of things. At least they knew what had caused the murder in the park. In truth, she felt very uneasy about this whole thing. These demons seemed like a formidable foe, and she really wasn't sure how they could beat them.

Phoebe turned to the page in the Book of Shadows and was immediately thrown into a premonition. She saw death everywhere. There was blood. Destruction. Fire. Everyone was in pain. The world was thrown into darkness. There was screaming. All around the world , she could hear it. The demons roamed free, preying on the weak. There was no light anymore. She was spiraling downwards. Out of control. With a flash, she was thrown back into her reality.

She landed with a thud on the floor of the attic. She was very pale and she was shaking. Phoebe knew what she had seen, and it terrified her to no end. She saw what would happen if they failed. Paige helped her up into a sitting position. "What did you see?" Paige asked. Although, judging by her sister's reaction to her premonition, Paige wasn't really sure she wanted to know.

Phoebe took a deep breath before answering, "The end of the world…"

Tbc…