Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed, but I wish I could be in it.
When the Moon is Full
It had been a couple days since Leo was attacked, and it seemed that nothing was wrong in the house. Paige had a new boyfriend, and Phoebe got a raise.
"You want to know the coolest thing about you getting a raise Phoebs?" Paige asked.
"What's that Paige?" Phoebe asked.
"Now you can buy me those twenty some odd birthday presents you owe me," Paige said, throwing Phoebe a very childish grin.
"In your dreams," Phoebe said. "Although I guess I could take you shopping with me today. I need a new outfit for a banquet tomorrow night, and I want a new one."
"Sure," Paige said. "Let's get going. I take a long time to shop."
"We'll be back at about sunset Piper," Phoebe called upstairs.
"See ya then," Piper answered. Since Leo's attack she had made Leo and Peter go out and do things together to loosen him up so he wouldn't feel like it was his fault. She heard the front door open and close twice, and she knew they were back.
Piper walked downstairs to find Leo laying on the couch sweating and Peter coming back into the living room with a damp washcloth. "What happened?" she asked alarmed.
"I don't know," Peter said. "He just collapsed in the middle of trying to return a serve."
"You were playing tennis?" she asked Leo. "I thought you hated sports."
"I do, but today I feel differently about them," Leo answered weakly.
"Yeah, he says he's never played before, and yet he is still able to play harder than most professional athletes. I really broke a sweat trying to beat him, which I did do by the way," Peter said proudly, while tenderly patting Leo's sweating forehead.
"Could this have anything to do with that Dark Lighter arrow?" Piper asked. "Some kind of weird side effect?"
"Only if it wasn't dark lighter poison on that arrow," Peter said. "Do you have the arrow?"
"No, I dropped it on the ground."
"Well, I don't know what to do because I don't know what's wrong," Peter said. "His emotions are in check, so that's not what it is. I'm just at a loss here."
"I'm just tired from that game," Leo said, pushing himself into a sitting position. "Really, there's nothing wrong with me."
"Okay," Peter said, handing the washcloth to Piper. "I gotta go, the Elders want to talk to me. I think they found out about the other night."
Peter orbed out of the manor and Piper put her hand on Leo's forehead. "You're not feverish, maybe you are just fatigued. Oh well. Phoebe and Paige are out shopping and the boys are asleep. Care to wash off that funk?" Piper asked, walking her hand up his leg.
Leo's only response was a smile as he followed her upstairs.
Later that day . . . Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, Peter and the boys were all seated at the table having dinner. Piper had planned a chowder with biscuits for dinner, but after Leo and her had finished "showering", and after Leo begged her, they had grilled marinated steak. Normally Leo liked his steak well done, but tonight he asked for it medium rare.
After dinner the five of them sat around discussing things in the other's lives. The girls had found it hysterically funny that Peter had actually been able to publish his self help book, titled "Asking the Stars". Phoebe and Paige were in the middle of talking about how many outfits they had to sort through before they could pick one, when the power went out. "That's strange," Leo said. "I just checked that circuit breaker that last week."
"Oh well," Peter said. "Let's just leave it off for now, and go outside. It's a beautiful night, and the moon is full."
They all grabbed their drinks and headed into the backyard where Peter and Leo had organized a very simple patio. After everyone seated themselves, the power came back on inside. "Just our luck," Phoebe said. "As soon as we" But she was stopped midsentence by Leo's behavior. He was jerking uncontrollably in his chair, and eventually toppled over onto the grass.
Piper went down beside him and tried to stop his shaking. "Leo," she called. "Leo, what's wrong?"
But Leo didn't answer. He kept shaking and shaking, letting out a moan here and there, when Piper withdrew herself. Leo had begun to change, his fingers producing claws, and his body growing fur at an accelerated rate. Peter grabbed Piper and pulled her back.
"What's going on?" she asked, grabbing her sisters' hands for both emotional and magical support. "What's happening?"
Peter could only stare, until it seems he found his voice again. "Get inside," he yelled pointing at the door. "He's been infected with werewolf venom!"
A/N: Cool twist huh? Plz R&R!