The Chosen Ones
Chapter 1
Internet Chatter
Lydia Alana Matthews Brody gazed out of the classroom window; her blue eyes glistened lightly in the afternoon sun. Mr. Jenkins continued his lecture to the class on the history of World War two not even realizing half his class were asleep, Lydia sighed it had been along day
" Hang in there" she told herself "Only ten more minutes to go" A wrinkled hand slammed down on her desk
" Miss Brody Pay attention I asked you a question When did World War II end?" Mr. Jenkins yelled, the whole class starred
At her
"Think Lydia Think" she thought " Uncle Leo told you this hesaid when the War ended THINK" Lydia looked down at her book and then it struck her " Was it when Hitler died in 1945?" Lydia asked hesitantly only to get a nod from her teacher
" Very good" he muttered but before Mr. Jenkins could continue to bell went and the class scrambled out of their classroom. Lydia strode up the corridor and came face to face with her cousins Chris and Wyatt
" Hey you guys heading to P3 or back home?" Lydia asked catching her older cousins attention, Wyatt shrugged and stalked of out the door leaving Chris and Lydia alone, Chris turned to his cousin with a smile
" Ill see you at home ok" and then was off in his brothers tracks.
-------------At the Halliwell Manor-------------
Lydia dumped her bag down near the foot of the kitchen table and checked her watch Five minutes until she needed to be in her chat room, Lydia unloaded her laptop from its carry bag and set it up to her mobile on the table ready to begin. Slouching back in her chair Lydia logged into the chat room and waited, after a while a new member joined the chat room
'Chosenone62: Hey Lydz' flashed across the screen making Lydia smile
'WiccaPrincess: Hey Jasmine how was your day?'
Lydia asked back, somehow Lydia always felt better talking with her internet friend Jasmine there was something about her that just made her seem so normal and care free that always made Lydia smile, Lydia was different from all the other kids at school (aside from her two cousins), Lydia was a Whitelighter Witch, and was the daughter of One of the Charmed Ones the most powerful witches the World has ever seen which in a couple of ways had made Lydia an outcast, her mother (Paige the Youngest of the Charmed Ones) had insisted that Lydia attend a normal school away from Magic so that her life would seem more Normal though she knew that it never would be
'Chosenone62: Completely Boring Can I just say that Sunnydale sucks' came Jasmines reply
'WiccaPrincess: I know the feeling San Francisco can get pretty boring at times'
Lydia stopped and looked around her something wasn't right, getting up from the table Lydia stepped out into the hallway to see her mother and father coming out of the Magic School gateway, Lydia breathed easily and went back to her conversation
'Chosenone62: GUESS WHAT?' came Jasmines words across the pink screen surprising Lydia
' WiccaPrincess: what?' Lydia posted back
'Chosenone62: Me, my dad and my aunt Buffy are coming to San Francisco dad has a conference to attend and my Aunt wants to go shopping so Dad agreed to take me HOW COOL IS THAT?'
A pairs of footsteps entered the room
" Hey precious" her mother said kissing the top of her brown hair " How was your day?" Lydia shook her mother of
" Fine" she replied and continued back on with her conversation
'WiccaPrincess: NO WAY that is so cool we have to meet' Lydia's heart beat a couple of steps faster she was finally going to meet her best friend
'Chosenone62: how bout your Aunts club P3 we could meet there?' Kyle Brody's voice came out from the kitchen
" Of the computer now Princess I need to make a phone call". Lydia sighed and typed her final message to Jasmine before clicking off
'WiccaPrincess: Sure that would be very cool ill meet you there Wednesday afternoon at 3 I've got to go now see ya' Lydia lowered the computer screen down as her Uncle Leo orbed in.
------------- Manor Conservatory-------------
" So let me get this straight your taking Chris out for some father son bonding time but you don't want Piper to know" Paige re-laid back to Leo after he had told her and Kyle what he wanted to do
" Yes" Leo said calmly back stunning Paige
" Why don't you want to tell Piper?" Kyle asked taking the words right out of his wife's mouth
" Because she wouldn't want Chris to get hurt you know what she's like over protective" Leo replied putting a box of cookies into his pack then turning to face Lydia
" Sorry Lydz, I promise when we get back ill teach you how to heal properly but until then don't go killing anyone while your mother or I aren't around ok" Leo said planting a small kiss on his nieces head before grabbing Chris's hand and orbing out.
Paige sighed and dropped her body into the nearest chair
" Crazy that's what he is when Piper hears what he's done she going to FREAK" Paige muttered through her teeth getting a nod from her husband.
------------- Manor Attic-------------
A bright ray from the sun glittered in a rested softly on top of the Book of Shadows, letting small dust mites float gently in the air around it. The attic door swung open and Lydia strode angrily in, walking over to the book Lydia opened it up to the demon section
" ARGGGGGGGGGH" she screamed and various bits and pieces around the attic began to shatter, Lydia had had an argument with her mother (the usual one of course) about Magic. Paige believed that Lydia should have no part in magic what so ever because then she would be safe, but Lydia on the other hand believed that as the daughter of a Charmed One she deserved to practice Magic just as much as her mother and Aunts. Lydia had always known she was special ever since she had woke one night screaming and the room had been shaking furiously as she slept, her mother said it was nothing but Lydia knew that it wasn't. As she had grown older her powers had increased and soon she was able to orb and Shape Shift (which she inherited from her mother) and after looking in the attic one day for something she lost Lydia came across the Book of Shadows and found out all about her families history. Lydia had confronted her mother and she had told her the truth about who they were though still she never involved her in anything, over the years her mother and father, her Aunts, Uncle Leo and her cousins, Wyatt and Chris, had fought the demons, Warlocks and evil people while she sat at home all alone. Lydia picked up the Book of Shadows and sat herself down on the ground next to its pedestal, she flicked through the pages until she finally found the one where she had left off
" Into every generation a Slayer is born, One girl in all the World, a Chosen One, one born with the strength and skill to hunt the Vampires, to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers, she is the Vampire Slayer" the page read. Lydia sneezed as the dust mites from the Book reached her nose, a little bit behind her a lamp flew against the wall making a loud crash, Lydia looked up not caring that she had broke a lamp, Lydia's powers always grew but her telekinesis was one of the hardest things for her to control. Starring back down at the page Lydia's thoughts stumbled blindly around her head, out there somewhere was a girl who fought Vampires, who had increased knowledge and strength so she could kill them. Suddenly the books pages began to move, Lydia cried out and dropped the book to the ground scared to touch it, Paige and Kyle came running in a minute later to see Lydia standing horrified in front of a wind blown Book of Shadows. Paige looked over the attic to see bits of scattered possessions broken into different bits
" Her power is a danger" Paige thought to herself "The more it grows the more of a threat it is to her", Paige rushed forward and scooped up the book that had landed on a page about St Vigeous while Kyle gathered his shocked daughter up in his arms and carried her of to the room which she shared with Chris and Wyatt. An hour later Paige, Kyle and Lydia had retired to the Manor lounge room to watch TV, the event with the Book of Shadows completely forgotten. The front door banged open and Piper and Wyatt arrived home dragging the shopping in behind them
" We're BACK" Piper called in a singsong voice hanging the keys to her SUV up on the hook and handing Wyatt the bag she was carrying " Sweetie would you mind taking these into the kitchen for me I have to talk with Paige and Kyle?" grabbing the bag, Wyatt walked of without an answer keen not to get in the middle of his mothers temper. Piper took a step into the lounge room
" OK where is he?" she asked angrily searching around for Leo " He took Chris didn't he?" she asked again, Paige started to answer then was cut off " He never tells me anything" Piper complained " First becoming an avatar now this God why wont he talk to me?" Lydia took in the scene with her mother and Aunt, slowly she got up and started to make her way out of the room but Piper stopped her
" YOU Lydia Brody are coming with me tomorrow to help out at P3" Piper said giving her niece an angry glare, Lydia sighed then nodded and quickly ran out of the room before another thing could be said. Lydia sat down at the kitchen table and slowly banged her head against the table again and again until Wyatt appeared beside her with a bottle of juice
" Cheer up Lydz" he said handing her the bottle and sitting down beside her " Working with my mum's not that bad you know…." Wyatt continued on but Lydia wasn't listening, she couldn't get her mind of what the Book of Shadows had done and the page it had landed on
" Who's Saint Vigeous?" Lydia asked butting into Wyatt's pep talk, looking up Wyatt scooped a lock of blonde hair from his eyes and hooked it behind his ear
" Saint Vigeous lead a crusade of Vampires at least I think he did" Wyatt's eyebrows suddenly became knitted together in thought. Wyatt grabbed Lydia's hand and orbed them both upstairs to the attic, A few seconds later they stood in front of the Book of Shadows and Wyatt had begun flicking through it incredibly fast
" Saint Paul…. Saint John… Saint Vigious here we are" Wyatt said finally getting to the page about Saint Vigeous " It says here that St Vigeous was the Patron Saint of Vampires and he lead a crusade of them in the First Century of Christ it also says that The Night of Saint Vigeous is a night when the strength and skill of a Vampire's is at its peek and that the Vampires feast on that night though for three days prior they spend chanting and praying to Saint Vigeous their Patron Saint" Wyatt looked up from the Book and starred at his cousin " Lydz what's going on?" Lydia looked down at her feet, she couldn't reply, not until she knew what the book was actually trying to tell her…