Hey guys! How's it going? Okay, so does anyone know if Leo has a middle name? I was just wondering because I was thinking about it, but I couldn't remember if it had been mentioned or anything. What can I say? I have a thing for middle names. Mine is Leigh. What's yours? If you care to share, that is…

Bloomin Daisy- Thanks! Yeah, Percy is prone to freaking out. Wouldn't you if you thought your boyfriend was a demon?

s.halliwell24- Yeah, Percy would not have been cool with Atli being a demon. You saw how pissed off she was when Atli showed up. She probably would have killed him and then cried later. Happy birthday! How old are you?

moonfirefairy- Thanks!

The-Cheese-Fairy- Oh yeah! How was your trip to the States? I hope the trash and extremely rude people treated you well. Lol! Where'd you go again? I don't even know where I came up with the half Whitelighter half darklighter concept came from. I just thought it was good. I mean, they are complete opposites, right? Haha! Yeah, I actually had to go back and find out what you were talking about, but I did like that line once I read it again. I've never really experienced jet lag myself, but it sounds like fun. Okay, so, random question, but do they use Euros in Scotland or do they still use whatever it is that they used before? Just wondering… Thanks!

Prince Halliwell- Haha! That's okay. I'm just glad you finally found it. I was a little worried there, but it's all good now. Thanks!

Confessions of a Halliwell: The Diary of Persephone

Chapter Three: Imposters from the Past

Family is an interesting thing. Not the word itself, or even the sense of the word. It's the people who make up the word. Your mother, your father, your sister, or your cousins. And while they may not seem all that interesting, the effect that they have on us is. Because no matter what happens, we're always eager to let them back into our hearts. Take Prue, for example. She hated her dad for so many years because of what he did to them. But in the end, she let him back in. Now, in our case, we have the ability to see all of our family, even the ones who are dead. So even if we've never met them before, we still trust them. Because they're family, right? Why shouldn't we?

It was about a week after I had found out about Atli. My mom had been pretty busy at Magic School because of midterms, but by the weekend she had found time to grill him. The two sat at the dining room table straight across from each other (mostly so my mom had a perfect shot in case he really was evil) and I watched nervously from the living room.

"So you're half Whitelighter, half darklighter?" Mom asked.

"Yes," Atli nodded.

"And you can orb?"

"Yes."

"And you can summon a crossbow?"

"Yes."

"With the poisonous arrows?"

"Only to demons, ma'am. It can't hurt Whitelighters."

"So you can orb, even 'Up There'?"

"Yes."

"But you can't heal?"

"No."

"And you expect me to believe all this?"

"Yes ma'am, I do."

"Alright then," Mom said. Atli stood up and shook her hand.

"Thank you, Mrs. Halliwell," he said, turning to leave. I started to let out a sigh of relief, but it caught again as Mom stopped him.

"One more thing," she said. Atli turned around. "If you ever make my daughter cry again for any reason other than the fact that you're on your death bed, I'll kill you in more ways then you ever thought possible."

"Mrs. Halliwell, if I ever make Persephone cry for any reason other than the fact that I'm on my death bed, I'll kill myself," Atli assured her. I smiled.

"No you won't," Mom said. Atli's eyes got a little wider and I frowned. "That'll deprive me of the pleasure of doing it myself." Atli grinned.

"Will do. Thanks Mrs. Halliwell," he said. Mom smiled and nodded and Atli came out to join me.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, why?" Atli asked.

"Because that was just brutal. I mean, she takes 21 Questions to a whole new level. I don't think even I could have survived that," I said. Atli laughed.

"Well, I was just honest with her. I have nothing to lie about. I love you. That's all there is to it," he said.

"Aw! Baby, I love you too!"

"Patience!" Atli and I growled at the same time. Patience grinned.

"Anyways, do you guys feel like going to the movies? Cause I'm bored," she said.

"I've got a way better idea! We could go to the beach!" I exclaimed. Patience's eyes got wide.

"Yeah! I just got a really cute bikini! We could invite the boys and Kyle and Leah and Kelsey-" Patience stopped and clamped a hand over her mouth. She looked around as if to see whether or not Parker was around. "I can't believe I just said that," she whispered.

"Honey, it's okay. She's dead. It's not like we can never say her name again," I pointed out.

"Yeah, but… I just feel so bad about it. I mean, I just completely forgot that she was gone for a second," Patience said.

"Well that's the point, isn't it? You want to remember them. Slip ups are allowed occasionally," Atli said.

"So, you still want to go to the beach?" I asked. Patience sighed.

"Yeah, I still think we should. I need a break," she said.

"Well where should we go?" Atli asked.

"Well, I don't want to go too far… What about Hawaii?" I asked.

"No way, it's too crowded and way over done. I say we go to France," Patience said.

"France is in the middle of Europe, dip shit! They don't have beaches there. Not real ones, anyways," I shot.

"Well then how about England?" Patience asked.

"No, it's always raining there," I pointed out.

"You guys do know that we have beaches here, right?" Atli asked.

"Uh, ew!" Patience and I exclaimed together. Then we looked at each other in revelation. "Italy!" we screamed.

"I've gotta pack," I said, running upstairs. I poked my head around the stairs. "Baby, will you take Patience to her house and then make rounds to Parker, Preston, Leah, and Kyle to tell them to get ready?" I asked. Atli rolled his eyes and grabbed Patience, orbing her out. Two hours later, we were all packed and ready to go. Kyle and Leah had told their parents that they were just going to the beach for the day, which they were, just halfway around the world. We grabbed the stuff that we were taking and orbed out. We appeared on a beautiful deserted white-sanded beach with blue waters. Patience, Leah and I squealed and ran down to the edge of the water, dropping our stuff on the way.

"Come on guys, it's warm!" Leah called. I ran up to Atli and gave him a big kiss as he set his stuff chair, surfboard, and towel down.

"How about we set up first? Then we can go play in the water," Preston suggested. We set out our chairs and towels and the guys grabbed their surfboards, coming down to the water with us. We splashed around and played a little bit before Patience and I went up to tan while the others surfed.

"Hey, we still got some time left. What do you say we go sight seeing in Rome?" Parker asked after a few hours.

"But we don't have any money. We need Euros here," Leah pointed out.

"You don't need money to just look, do you?" Parker asked with a grin. So we all grabbed our stuff and orbed it home before orbing to Rome.

"It's so beautiful here," I commented, leaning in to Atli as I looked around. Just the regular buildings were ancient with plenty of history. We did get a chance to sneak a look at the Coliseums before we had to get Leah and Kyle back home. "Italy was so much fun today," I said to Atli as we sat under the willow tree in his sanctuary.

"Yeah, it was," he agreed.

"You know, I don't know what I'd do without you. I used to think that life would be simpler without men, but then I met you and I knew I was so wrong," I said as I looked up at the stars that he had created in his mind. They suddenly reformed to make a heart. I laughed. "You're so cute."

"Not nearly as cute as you are, I'm sure," Atli said. I smiled. The place suddenly reformed as trees surrounded us, leaving a clearing with a stream running through it. In the center of the clearing there was a log cabin. I looked up at Atli. "Care to join me?" he asked, standing up and offering me his hand. I grabbed it and followed him into the house. It was furnished beautifully with a fireplace and everything. He led me to the couch and we sat down, holding each other and staring into the fireplace, expecting nothing from one another and receiving everything in return.

I woke up the next morning to find myself safe and warm tucked away in my bed, not remembering how I got there or when. All that I could figure is that Atli had orbed me there after I had fallen asleep so as not to anger my already suspicious and untrusting mother. He was great in that way. I had half expected to end up sleeping with him the night before, but that wasn't what either of us had wanted and it wasn't what he had asked for. I smiled as I thought of that, how sweet he was and once again marveled at the fact that I wouldn't be able to live without him.

Later that day, we all went for coffee. I sat next to Atli and played with the holes in his jeans as we all talked and laughed and just had a very normal day for once. It was fun. We went shopping in the local shops instead of the mall, we ate at good restaurants instead of fast food, and we talked about normal things instead of magic and demons. It was the best day I had ever had in my life just doing mundane things. And then we went home. That's when it all turned to crap.

"Hey, will you help me look for something in the Book of Shadows?" Patience asked as we walked into Parker's house.

"Aw man, I was having a magic free day. Why do you need to look in the book?" I asked, slightly annoyed.

"Because I why the Gnomes are boycotting our house," she replied, flipping through the old pages of the book.

"What?" I asked in disbelief.

"All of the plants at our house are dying and I figure it's because the Gnomes have stopped fertilizing them with magic, so I want to summon them to find out why," Patience explained.

"Oh my god, are you crazy? Gnomes are tiny little creatures that have nothing better to do then sit around in the garden all day. They probably just don't like the new sprinkler system or something. Why do we have to do this exactly?" I asked. Patience rolled her eyes.

"Oh, here they are. Let's see, Gnomes-" Before she could finish the sentence, a bright light filled the room and a woman appeared. She had long red hair and she was wearing an old dress. She looked around in confusion.

"Who are you?" she asked, raising her hands in defense. "Why did you summon me here?"

"Um, we didn't. You just appeared. Who the hell are you?" Patience asked.

"My name is Brianna Warren," she replied. I looked at Patience, wide eyed in understanding.

"Cousin Brianna?" I asked. She shrugged and flipped through the book some more.

"Yeah, that looks like her," she said.

"Excuse me, but what are you doing? And why is your skirt so short?" Brianna asked. I raised my eyebrow.

"Honey, this is the twenty-first century. I think the question we should be asking is why is yours so long?" I asked. She looked surprised.

"But what year is this? And who are you?" she asked again.

"This is 2023 and my name is Patience Halliwell and this is my cousin, Persephone Halliwell," Patience said.

"How did I come to be here?" Brianna asked.

"I have no clue, but we need to figure out how to send you back," I said.

"Hey guys, I'm glad you're here. I wanted to ask you a question and who the hell is that?" Piper asked as we walked into the living room with Brianna.

"This would be cousin Brianna," Patience explained. Piper raised her eyebrow.

"Cousin? I am not cousin to you," Brianna said defensively.

"Yeah, actually, you are. You're name is Warren, right?" I asked. She nodded. "Yeah, well somewhere along the line after you die, one of the Warren witches decides to change their last name to Halliwell, which is our last name. We're kin to Charlotte and Melinda Warren," I explained. Brianna's eyes got wide.

"We have the Book of Shadows to prove it," Patience offered.

"The Book of Shadows? Show it to me," Brianna ordered quickly.

"Weren't you just up there?" Piper asked. "Why do you need the book?"

"Well… surely there must be a way to send me back to my own time in there," Brianna said.

"You're probably right. We'll take her back up," I said. Piper nodded and we led Brianna back upstairs. When we got up to the attic again, Brianna ran straight to the book and began flipping furiously through the pages, stopping every so often to look at something

"Hey babe," Atli greeted as he orbed in. Brianna jumped, raising her hands in defense.

"Who are you? How did you get here? Explain yourself," she ordered, forming a fireball in her hand. Atli put his hands up to surrender.

"Calm down hun, he's my boyfriend," I said. Brianna looked suspicious, but she lowered her hand nonetheless.

"Who is that?" Atli whispered as he gave me a hug.

"Our cousin Brianna. She's from the past and we're trying to figure out a way to get her back there, as you can probably figure out why," I said, shooting her a glare.

"Uh, can I talk to you guys in private?" Atli asked. Brianna looked up and he smiled awkwardly. "Excuse us."

"What is it?" Patience asked as we walked down the attic stairs.

"I don't know, but something about her seems funny. I mean, for one, she's really rude, but I've never seen a witch with the power to form demonic fireballs before," Atli said.

"Well how do you know it's not just her regular power?" I asked.

"I don't, but I'm just saying that it looked awfully strange to me. I would be careful if I were you guys," he warned. We nodded. "Well, I've gotta go. I'll see you later," he said to me, giving me a kiss before orbing out. Patience and I went back up to the attic.

"Did you find anything yet?" I asked. There was no answer. I looked up to see that Brianna wasn't there.

"Where the hell did she go?" Patience asked.

"I don't know but I'm starting to think that Atli might be right," I said. I walked over to the book and looked at the page that Brianna had left it on. It was open to the page with the Blood Stoning spell on it.

"'To kill your enemy the spell hardens the insides of anyone you perform it on,'" Patience read. I flipped through the pages to find the one with Brianna on it. The picture matched the person, but the description didn't.

"Brianna's power was to move things with her mind, like your mom can do, not fireballs," I said. Patience groaned. "It gets worse. It says here that Brianna died on June 15, 1893 at the hands of Blaine, a warlock. That's two days ago. That means that the real Brianna is already dead."

"That's great," Patience said sarcastically. "Well then who is that?"

"My guess is Blaine. Here, let me see if there's anything about him in here," I said, flipping through the book again. "Okay, Blaine. It says here that he's a warlock who believed he was prophesized to kill the most powerful witches on earth. When he found out that they would be born into the Warren family, he went on a tirade to kill them all. However, he was killed after Brianna's sister found out what he'd done to her." I looked up at Patience.

"Well then how'd he get here?" she asked. I shrugged.

"I don't know. Maybe he decided to put himself into the future to find us, or our mothers, himself so that he could kill us. Either way, we have to vanquish him," I said. Patience nodded. "Shall we go with the streams of fire approach?" Patience opened her mouth to answer, but she was interrupted by the sound of Aunt Piper.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing?" she yelled. Patience and I looked at each other, our eyes wide, and ran downstairs.

"Hey, asshole! Get the hell away from her!" I bellowed, shooting fire at him as I jumped the last few steps. He ducked and tried to blink out, but Patience shot a stream of water at him, knocking him against the wall and giving me a clean shot.

"What the hell was that?" Piper asked as he burst into flames. "Why did my own ancestor just try to kill me?"

"Actually, that wasn't Brianna. It was a warlock named Blaine. He killed Brianna," Patience explained. Piper rolled her eyes.

"Of course," she said in irritation. "Well thanks for saving me." I grinned.

"Anytime, Aunt Piper."

Later that night, everyone joined us at Parker's house for dinner. We explained the story to everyone who wasn't there, including Atli, Leah, and Kyle. Piper made Patience's favorite dinner and my favorite dessert since we both saved her life.

"See, I knew there was something funny about her," Atli said.

"Yeah, yeah, you were right, Mr. Know It All," I said playfully.

"Well I'm just glad you guys are okay. I mean, you weren't even expecting it," Kyle said.

"Luckily, Percy and I are quick thinkers. We handled the situation appropriately," Patience said with a grin. Preston and Parker rolled their eyes. Suddenly, there was a crash from the kitchen. Everyone stopped and looked at each other before getting up and running in. Leo was the first to get to Piper, who was passed out on the kitchen floor. He immediately tried to heal her, but nothing happened. Patience and I gasped as we realized what had happened.

"It won't work, Uncle Leo," I said. He looked up at me.

"Why the hell not?" Parker asked frantically.

"Because it's not an injury, it's a spell. Blaine cast it on her. We didn't think he'd had time, but I guess he did," Patience explained.

"What's it do?" Prue asked.

"It's hardening her insides. She's dying," I said.

"What? How do we fix this?" Phoebe asked quickly.

"Somebody needs to go upstairs and find the Blood Stoning Spell in the book and see if there's a reversal," I said. Paige ran out the kitchen right away.

"Make it quick!" Patience called after her. After a few minutes, she was back down with a piece of paper in her hand.

"Enemy's spell, cast to kill

Lift it now at our will," she, Phoebe, and Prue recited together. Piper's eyes fluttered open slowly and she looked around. Leo helped her sit up.

"What happened?" she asked quietly.

"The warlock cast a spell on you. You're better now," Leo explained.

"Okay, so, question," I said the next day as Patience and I walked through the mall.

"Shoot," Patience said.

"What did you want to look up in the book yesterday? Before the demonic ancestor intrusion?" I asked.

"Oh, um, nothing," Patience lied. I gave her a look.

"Come on, Squirt. I know you better," I said. She sighed.

"Fine. I was looking for a spell to see the future," she said.

"What? Patience! That is so personal gain," I warned.

"Yeah, I know, but how the hell else are we going to find out who we have to fight in the final battle?" Patience asked.

"I don't know, I just figure that we'll fight 'em when they get here," I said.

"But how do you know that'll work? How do you know we'll be ready?" Patience asked. I smiled.

"Because I know you, and I know me, and Parker and Preston. I know us. We'll be ready. I promise," I said reassuringly. Patience's look of worry turned to one of trust.

"Are you sure?" she asked. I nodded.

"Positive."

Hey! Well, okay so that chapter kind of sucked. I don't like it. I am so sorry it took me forever to get this out, but school is being a pain in my ass and my parents are being an even worse pain. So there might be a longer time in between updates for a little while, but I promise I'll get them out there. Hey, at least I don't take as long as The-Cheese-Fairy. Lol! I'm just kidding, Laur. So anyways, review please! You can tell me how much it sucked. Bye!

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