Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Charmed. But I do own Aurora, Haley, Charisma, and any other characters you don't recognize.
"Come on Aurora, get up. You don't want to be late for school." Aurora heard Haley whisper, as she shook her.
"Mmmm." was all Aurora said in reply.
"Don't make me get ice cold water." Haley threatened.
"I'm getting up." Aurora mumbled.
"You better." Haley sighed before leaving the room.
Aurora opened her eyes, and pushed herself up into a sitting position. She looked at the clock on her wall and figured she had enough time for a shower, and breakfast if she was fast. Getting out of bed, Aurora walked over to her dresser and pulled out some clothes. Sighing she left her room, and walked into the bathroom, for a nice, warm shower.
When she was done, there was a knock on the door. "Yea?"
"Aurora you have ten minutes, or you're walking." Haley's voice drifted through the door.
"I'm almost done, just hold your horses Haley." Aurora replied as she quickly dried and brushed her hair.
"I don't have any horses." Haley said from the other side of the door.
Aurora shook her head before opening the bathroom door. "There I'm done."
"You're hair is still wet." Haley pointed out.
"I know Haley." Aurora sighed.
"Well aren't you going to blow dry it?"
"No, it would take me ten minutes to do that, and I'm hungry. So I want to go eat something before we go." Aurora replied, before walking past her sister.
In ten minutes, Aurora managed to wolf down two pieces of toast and a cup of orange juice. Picking up her bag, she followed her two sisters out the front door, locking it behind her, and to Haley's car.
"Dad's going to be picking you up from school today, Charisma." Haley sighed, as she started the car.
"OK." Charisma replied.
"Aurora, Wyatt said he could pick you up, when he picks up Chris and Melinda." Haley stated, pulling out of the driveway.
"I thought he worked the same shift as you." Aurora noted.
"He does, but he takes his break when you guys finish school, so that he can pick up his siblings for his mom." Haley replied.
"Why don't you do that?" Aurora questioned.
"Cause I'm not that nice." Haley laughed.
"Obviously." Aurora sighed, when Haley pulled to a stop. "I'm surprised you didn't just slow down, and kick me out the door."
"I could if you wanted me too." Haley replied.
"No that's ok." Aurora said getting out of the car. "Bye you guys. See you later."
Aurora closed the car door, and turned towards the school. As Haley pulled away, to drop Charisma off at school, Aurora walked into the school. Before she got to her locker she heard a familiar voice say, "Hey Aurora. How are you feeling?"
Aurora stopped walking and turned, "I'm feeling pretty good. What about you Kelsey?"
"I'm good." Kelsey said, linking arms with Aurora and pulling her along. "Going to your locker?"
"That I am." Aurora replied.
"Kay, good." Kelsey smiled. "And before I forget I bought you a ticket to the dance."
"Why did you do that?" Aurora questioned, as they came to a stop at her locker.
"Well you weren't here yesterday, and dance tickets here sell out fast, so I bought you one." Kelsey replied.
"How much did it cost you?"
"Oh, ten dollars."
"I'll pay you back tomorrow, Kelsey."
"Don't worry about it." Kelsey replied. "It's your first dance here."
"I'm going to pay you back." Aurora stated. "So who else is going?"
"The guys."
"So Eric, Adam, and Chris?"
"Yea."
"Guess I'm stuck going to this dance." Aurora sighed, closing her locker door.
"Oh, don't make it sound so bad Aurora. It'll be fun." Kelsey smiled.
"Uh huh. So where are the guys?"
"I don't know." Kelsey replied.
Aurora gasped, "You don't know where your boyfriend is? That's a first."
"Oh, be quiet Aurora." Kelsey mumbled.
"I'm just bugging you Kelsey." Aurora laughed.
At the sound of the bell, they said goodbye, and Kelsey left to her locker, while Aurora opened hers. Aurora took her math stuff out, closed her locker, and headed towards the class. Once she got into the classroom she took her seat beside Chris and said, "So I'm stuck going to the dance."
"I heard." Chris replied.
"You ok? You seem kind of lost in thought." Aurora noted.
"I'm fine."
"And I'm the queen of the world."
"Really. I'm fine Aurora."
"Whatever you say Chris." Aurora sighed, looking at Chris. He was mad, she could feel it, "Ok, what did I do?"
"What makes you think you did anything?"
"You're pissed off at me, I can tell."
"I'm not pissed off at you Aurora."
"Sure you're not."
"I'm not."
Aurora shook her head, deciding to leave the conversation there.
Aurora slammed her locker shut. The day had started out fine, and then drastically went down hill. She could tell Chris was mad at her for some bizarre reason, he hadn't been his normal, talkative self all day. She was also on the verge of failing Socials, the project she had spent all day on, hadn't brought her up enough marks to keep her safe. To top it all off she could feel a headache coming on.
Once she was outside she scanned the area for Wyatt's car. When she saw it she headed over to it and walked over to Wyatt's door. "Hey Wyatt. Haley told me you were gonna give me a ride home."
"Yup." Was all Wyatt said in reply.
"Um... I think I'm going to walk home, I need to clear my head." Aurora sighed.
"You sure Aurora?"
"I'm positive Wyatt." Aurora smiled.
"Ok, I'll talk to you later." Wyatt said.
"That you will." Aurora said, before heading in the direction of her house. As she walked she went through everything that had happened the past couple of months. It was definitely different from everything she remembered going through. Then there was Chris, he definitely wasn't your average sixteen-year-old male.
Aurora shook her head, Chris always seemed to be on her mind lately, and she really didn't know why. Sighing she came to a stop in front of her house, adjusting the messenger bag thrown over her shoulder she walked up the pathway and into her house. Walking inside she found it eerily quiet, and dark.
"Hello, anyone here?" She asked, walking further into the house.
When she got no reply, she began to get worried. She headed into the kitchen where she saw a piece of paper sitting on the counter. Picking it up she read, 'I took Charisma out to get ice cream. Be back in a bit. Dad.'
"Ok, now I'm not worried." Aurora whispered putting the piece of paper down.
As she put her messenger bag down on the counter, she got the sudden feeling that someone, or something was watching her. Quickly turning around she scanned the room but so nothing there. "You're just being paranoid." Aurora mumbled, leaving the kitchen
She jumped at the sound of the phone ringing, she turned and headed back to the kitchen picking it up off the counter, "Hello?"
"Hey Aurora, it's Kelsey."
"Hey Kelsey. What can I do for ya?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall, to go shopping for the dance."
"Tonight?"
"No. Tomorrow night."
"I guess I could."
"Good. I didn't want to go alone, and I'm pretty sure Eric wouldn't of come with me."
"Yea, guys usually don't like going to the mall."
"Yea. But I gotta go. My mom wants to use the phone."
"Ok. I'll see you at school tomorrow."
"Yup. Bye."
At the sound of the click on the other end, Aurora sighed and put the phone down. "And why did I agree to go to the mall?" She wondered out loud, as she headed upstairs. Aurora walked into her room, and lied down on her bed. Staring at the ceiling memories of her mother came to her.
Flashback
A three year old Aurora tossed and turned in her bed, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Come on baby wake up. It's ok. Mommy's here now." The whisper she heard woke Aurora up.
"Mommy?" She questioned, sitting up.
"I'm right here kiddo." Her mother replied, crawling in the bed beside her. "Wanna tell me about your dream?"
"You, daddy, and Haley left me." Aurora whispered, curling closer into her mother.
"Aww, baby, we'll never leave you. And if we ever get hurt badly and have to go for awhile, we'll always be with you. We'll always be watching you." Christine comforted her daughter.
"Promise, mommy?"
"I promise."
"Mommy sing to me. Please."
"Do you think it'll help you sleep?"
Aurora nodded in response.
"Kay what do you want me to sing to you?"
"Um... 'I'm With You'."
"You sure you want that one?"
"I like it."
"Ok." Christine looked down at her three year old daughter before she started singing softly.
I'm Standing on a bridge
I'm waitin' in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound
Isn't anyone tryin' to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I... I'm with you
Im looking for a place
Searching for a face
Is anybody here I know
cause nothings going right
And everything's a mess
And no one likes to be alone
Isn't anyone tryin' to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
but I... I'm with you
Christine smiled at Aurora, "Now you get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning."
"Stay here mommy. I don't want the dream to come back."
End Flashback
Aurora smiled, her mother had, had such a beautiful voice. When she sang all your troubles went away, and Aurora missed that, she wished her mother could be there to help her get through life. She wished her mother could be there to talk to, not that she didn't like talking to Haley, she just wanted her mother there to talk to.
Flashback
An eleven year old Haley walked passed her sisters, as she went to find their mother.
"Where are you going?" An eight year old Aurora questioned her older sister.
"To find mom."
"But she said we had to wait here."
"But I wanna know what she's doing."
"She's talking to Grandma in her room, about what you saw." Aurora sighed.
"But its not going to happen." Haley said. "What I see, never happens."
"You don't know that Haley." Aurora replied. "One of these days what you see could really happen."
"When pigs fly."
"See I could make that happen." Aurora grinned, using her telekinesis to float Charisma's toy pig into the air. "Ha, a pig flew."
"Give back, Aurora." Charisma cried.
"Sorry sis," Aurora sighed, putting the toy back down. But as she did so the room shook, Aurora's head snapped up to look at Haley. "Charisma stay here and play with Mr. Piggy. We'll be right back."
"Kay." Charisma replied distractedly.
Aurora and Charisma left the room and walked down the hallway to their grandmother's room. Where they saw a large demon ready to throw another fire ball in the direction of their mother and grandmother. Aurora shot her hand out, just as he threw the fire ball, changing its direction. The demon spun around to face Aurora and Charisma, giving their mother and grandmother enough time to say a spell to get rid of the demon.
"That's what I saw." Haley whispered. "That's what I saw happen."
"Grandma, mom you guys ok?" Aurora questioned.
"We're fine, hun." Their grandmother said.
"You're lying," Aurora stated. "Look at your arm Grandma, you're bleeding."
Christine looked at her children, "Go to Charisma. I don't want her in a room alone."
"But..." Haley tried to protest.
"NOW!"
Aurora and Haley jumped at their mother's harshness, and quickly left the room.
End Flashback
That had been the day Aurora's grandmother had died, leaving her powers to their mother. But their mother's time with those powers were short lived, because it was only months later that their mother was killed, and the powers were past to Aurora.
Flashback
"What do you want with me?" An eight year old Aurora heard her mother say.
"I want the power you possess." The demon sneered.
"Why do you want it? It's nothing special." Christine replied.
"That's a lie. I can feel the power. It's stronger then anything I felt before and I want it."
"There's only one way you can get it..."
"Kill you. I know."
Christine bit her tongue, he didn't know the truth, which kept her children safe. "Then what's taking you so long? Kill me already!"
Aurora wanted to call out from her hiding spot, but she couldn't. She couldn't risk being seen, or heard. As the demon threw an energy ball at Christine, Aurora tried to use her telekinesis to change it's direction, but was stopped by strong hands grabbing her. "Let me go." She said threw gritted teeth, squirming and watching as the energy ball hit her mother square in the chest.
"MOMMY!" Aurora cried out, kicking behind her, and managing to get away from the demon who had taken hold of her. Aurora ran to her mother, ignoring the demon, ignoring everything. "Mommy, say something. Please."
But the only reply Aurora got was a demon holding her in the air. She glared down at his face, before she managed to kick him, and use her telekinesis to send him flying into the other demon that had shown up. As she did this Haley appeared beside her. "How did you get here?"
"Same way you did." Haley replied, her eyes drifting towards their mothers body. "Mom." she whispered.
"Did you get the spell?" Aurora questioned.
"Yea." Haley replied shaking her head, hoping what she saw was just her imagination.
End Flashback
Aurora could feel the tears now running down her cheeks. She had let her mother die, if she hadn't waited so long to do something, her mother could of still been alive. If she hadn't waited for the demon to make the first move, her mother would be here with her right now.
Sitting up Aurora wiped the tears away, and walked towards the bathroom. Once she was inside she turned on the taps, and put her hands under the flowing water, letting it collect in her palms before bringing it to her face. Aurora did this a few more times before drying her face, and heading downstairs.
As she reached the bottom of the stairs, the front door opened, and Haley walked in. "You ok Aurora?" Haley questioned as she closed the door.
"I'm fine." Aurora smiled. "Why?"
"Your eyes are red an puffy." Haley stated walking over to her sister.
"I...I was thinking."
"About mom?"
"About mom." Aurora sighed, sitting down on the stairs. "I miss her so much Haley."
"We all do Aurora." Haley replied sitting down beside her. "None of us will ever stop missing her. But she'd hate it if she knew we were still sitting here dwelling on the fact that she's dead eight years later. It would drive her insane, not that she doesn't want us to remember her, she'd just want us to keep going with our life, and keep her in our heart and mind."
"I know, but I can't help it."
Deciding to change the subject Haley asked, "So where's dad and Charisma?"
"They went to get ice cream."
"So they'll be gone for awhile."
"You know dad. Ice cream means a walk through the park, and sitting and talking. One reason I loved getting ice cream with him when I was younger. Something that was suppose to take fifteen minutes, turned into a two hour event."
"Yea, but you should get started on your homework. And don't say you don't have any, I know you do. I'm gonna go have a nice long bath. I've been needing one all day." Haley said standing up.
"I'd say, you're starting to smell." Aurora joked, earning herself a slap upside the head. "Why do you always insist on hitting me?"
"Because you're mean to me." Haley laughed.
"No I'm not." Aurora said innocently, as Haley walked upstairs laughing.
Aurora watched Haley walk up the stairs, before heading to the kitchen to do her homework, an attempt to push her thoughts of their mother back just a little bit.
AN: Thanks for all the feedback so far you guys! Lets see I have 1115 hits, which made my day, but I only have 33 reviews so far, which doesn't seem right to me. So review you guys! Make my day and leave one, and tell me if you have anything you'd like to see happen, I'm sure I could write it in.
CharmedClover: Yes I could skip ahead... or I could bring it sooner then was thought...like the next chapter... hmm... you'll just have to wait and see. Don't know when I'm going to get them together, possibly the school dance.
Angelnanoo: Yes they are MAGICAL. lol. Great stuff. Glad you like it. :D
AlexisHaliwell89: I'm glad you love it, and are addicted. The more reviews I get, the faster I try to update... just remember that. And I'm glad you think Chris and Aurora are perfect for each other.
ilovedrew88: Glad you love the story, and think that the couples I have chosen to go with work. :)