CHAPTER THREE
"Get up, Chris," Piper called, shoving her hands onto her sons' arms.
"Mmm?" Chris asked. He opened his eyes, and was surprised to see the sunlight pouring in. He quickly shielded his eyes.
"Oh geez, does it ever stop?" He demanded. Piper laughed.
"Hey, breakfast is ready. Phoebe said you could use a good healthy meal." Chris hesitated, but seeing the look on Piper's face he nodded.
"Alright, Mom. I'll be down in a minute."
"Good. See you down there," Piper said. Then she walked away. Chris sat up, knowing he was going to have to get changed soon. But first, breakfast.
He orbed into the kitchen and grabbed some pancakes off the table. "Thanks Mom."
"Oh, it's no trouble." She walked over to Wyatt and began to feed him his food. The young baby started putting up a fuss, but Piper wasn't exactly going to take no for an answer. Chris headed for the counter to get a cup, when Paige walked in.
"Good morning everyone!" She exclaimed joyfully.
"Where's Phoebe?" Piper asked.
"I think she's -."
"I'm here, I'm here. Oh, I'm going to be late for work," She exclaimed. She reached over and popped a piece of bacon in her mouth.
"Phoebe! Get a plate."
"Sorry, I don't have the time," She said. She started out of the kitchen when Kailyn materialized sitting in a chair.
"You!" Chris exclaimed. He prepared to send her flying across the kitchen, but Kailyn beat him to it. She flicked her wrist and sent him out of the kitchen, flying through where Phoebe was supposed to be. Then she looked around. Piper started throwing her hands out, trying to freeze the woman.
"She's not freezing!" She exclaimed.
"You're witches?" Kailyn asked, looking confused.
By this time Chris had got his grounds and now sent her flying across the room.
Kailyn, still wearing her pajamas, got up. "Okay, that hurt," She said. "Wait, we're going to help -." With that she was gone again.
Phoebe reappeared in the doorway. "Ow," She said, holding her wrist.
"What just happened?" Piper demanded.
"Hey, you okay?" Paige asked, helping Phoebe up.
"Oh, I'm fine. I was just teleported to some house, where these two women started attacking me! They thought I was a demon!"
"Chris, was that one of your demon friends?" Piper demanded, looking angrily at her son.
"My demon friends! That's the demon that attacked last night," He said.
"Hold on a minute," Paige said. "Didn't anyone else see the look on that woman's face? She had absolutely no idea what she was doing here. And she seemed really surprised to find out that we were witches. She looked like she thought we were demons. Besides, she had telekinesis. Isn't that a witch's power?"
"She could have stolen it," Piper said scornfully.
"Come on, let's go to the attic. We might need the power of three," Phoebe said, getting up.
"You okay?" Piper asked.
"I'll be fine. Just a bruise."
"Aren't you going to be late for work?"
"Paige can orb me," Phoebe replied. "Right now this is more important. Chris, grab Wyatt and follow us up to the attic. We're going to be searching the book."
The Hollow's
Siobhan helped Kailyn up.
"Mommy, was that a demon?" Sam asked, looking frightened.
"Yes, honey, I think so. Why don't you go wait for the bus now, okay? Just wait outside for the bus," Siobhan said.
"Where did you go?" Amanda asked.
"I was back where that man was, only now I was in a kitchen. I think I'm transported from wherever I am in this house to the same place in that house. There were two women there this time, and a baby."
"Did one of the women have short brown hair?" Siobhan asked when she came back from sending Sam to the stop.
"No. There was one with long black hair, and the other had red hair. Why?"
"Because while you were gone, we were attacked."
"I'm not so sure anymore," Amanda said. Her sister's looked at her curiously. "She didn't look like she was going to attack. She looked confused, right?"
"I suppose," Siobhan said.
"And she came in the same way Kailyn did, coming the same time Kailyn left, and leaving the same time Kailyn came back. What if they were switching through the time."
"I'm not sure, but I do know that whoever we're supposed to help, they're witches," Kailyn announced.
"Maybe we should check the book," Siobhan suggested.
"No, I think Amanda's right," Kailyn said. "I just wish I could have seen her. Then we'd know if there was any relation."
"Alright, well Steve will be leaving in half an hour. How about we cast the spell then?" Amanda said.
"I'm going to go get dressed," Siobhan said.
"Yeah, I should look like I'm off to work," Kailyn stated as she followed her sister up the stairs. Amanda shrugged and then went to the window to check up on Sam. The bus pulled up just then and Sam climbed on.
She sat back down and began to eat, acting like she normally would if it were a regular day.
Half an hour later Steve stomped down the stairs. He glanced over at Amanda as he picked up his briefcase.
"I thought you were going job hunting today," He said.
"Nope. That's tomorrow," Amanda replied. Steve watched her, and then shrugged.
"Siobhan! I'm going to work now, need a lift?"
"No! Kailyn's going to give me one!" Siobhan replied. She came down the stairs dressed in the usual work outfit – black pants and a black blouse, black boots on her feet and her long strait blond hair held back by a light blue head band. Kailyn followed right behind her wearing her nurse's uniform, her short hair in a ponytail.
Steve nodded and then kissed his wife on the lips before leaving. They all held their breath for a few moments, waiting to hear the car drive off. Amanda got up slowly and made her way to the window, taking a quick peak outside.
"Is he gone?" Kailyn whispered.
"Yep," Amanda replied.
Siobhan let out a slow relieved breath. "Let's go." She stopped and looked back at Amanda. "Why didn't you get changed?"
Her sister shrugged. "If I was dressed, he would have suspected something," She replied.
"Wow, that was smart," Kailyn exclaimed.
Siobhan rolled your eyes. "You just didn't want to get off your lazy ass," She said.
Amanda shrugged again. "Hey, that was an added bonus." She started for the basement.
"Aren't you going to get changed before we go?"
"Why? It's a free country – I can wear boxers and a t-shirt if I want to," She replied.
Siobhan groaned and then followed the others down the stairs to the basement.
Halliwell Attic
Phoebe groaned with frustration. "There isn't anything in here."
"Try asking for help," Paige suggested.
Chris looked at them, wondering why it had taken them so long.
"Good idea. Chris, you have the book memorized, do you know where anything useful is?" Phoebe asked.
Chris glared at her. "I think she meant asking the ancestors for help," He said.
Phoebe blushed. "I knew that. I was just asking to be on the safe side." She looked up as the others rolled their eyes. "Okay, a little help please?"
The pages started flipping and then landed on a certain entry.
"Other worlds," Phoebe said. Piper got up and walked over. Together, the three read through the passage.
"Are they trying to tell us that this whole problem is due to other worlds crossing over or something?" Paige asked.
"It looks that way," Piper said.
"Look, there's a spell to take us to this other world. Maybe we should try it," Paige suggested.
"I don't know if that's a good idea," Chris said.
"Oh shush. It could be fun. Alright, it's a power of three spell," Paige replied.
Piper hesitated. "I don't know. What if something goes wrong? I'm not going to leave Wyatt here alone."
"An excellent point," Chris said.
"Don't be silly, Piper. Chris can baby-sit until we get back," Phoebe said.
"You want to do this?" Piper asked her.
"I wouldn't mind understanding where I had gone before. It didn't seem bad," Phoebe said.
"Alright …"
…
"…Let's get this started," Siobhan said. She lit three candles, and leaned over the book, Kailyn and Amanda next to her.
"Powers of we three witches rise,
Bring us to where we shall find,
Those in need in the other line,
Only to return once things are right."
Siobhan frowned.
…
"I guess it doesn't work," Paige said. Suddenly a wind blew furiously throughout the …
…
… Basement. The sister gripped onto each other as a whirling white vortex appeared above them.
…
"What's going on?" Piper screamed, her hair whipping around wildly. They took hands just as they were sucked through the vortex.
…
Amanda couldn't help a small shriek from rising in her throat as they were pulled in, and then suddenly it stopped, and they now stood in front of the book in an attic.
Kailyn coughed. "Are we here?" She choked out. She was soon thrown across the room.
"What are you doing here?" A voice bellowed. The sisters looked up to see Chris holding baby Wyatt, looking venomous.