"This Can't Be Happening"
A/N: My computer just went screwy, sorry if people got two author alerts or something!I planned to write this earlier but I figured reviewers would get mad at me for it, so I didn't until now. This is a prequel to Pamela Halliwell: Wiccan Outcast. The story begins in 2016, and Phoebe is six months pregnant with her second child (if you don't count her and Cole's demon baby as a child, that is). The only characters I own are Pam, Josh, Mark, Stella, and Andy. SPOILER for episode "The Seven Year Witch": I know currently in the show Leo lost his powers, but I'm discarding that fact… He's still a whitelighter in this.
Ages:
Piper: 43
Phoebe: 41
Paige: 39
Pam: 18
Wyatt: 14
Chris: 13
Stella & Andy: 4
CHAPTER ONE
"Ta-da!" Pam said as she showed Phoebe how she'd personalized her new room.
"Wow, it looks great!" Phoebe smiled.
"Thanks," Pam replied. "Aunt Paige helped me a bit, her being the most artistic and all."
"Well that's okay," Phoebe said, looking around. "It's still very you. Which is a good thing by the way."
"I'm glad."
"I know I've said this before, but I'm really happy you decided to move in here, Pam," Phoebe said, putting her arm around her daughter.
"I'm happy too," Pam replied. "This way I can spend more time with you guys, and learn more about the craft, all while not paying to live in a college dorm room!" She flopped down on her bed as she said the "dorm room" part. Once she had gotten accepted to a college out in California, it wasn't hard to decide to move in with her birth mother.
"Whatever you do in college, just don't drop out," Phoebe advised. "And no wild parties or anything! They just lead to trouble, believe me…"
"Are you saying I'm trouble?" Pam asked, an angelic look on her face.
"No, of course not," Phoebe replied with a smile. "I've never had to scold you in the past four years you've been coming out here. I'm just saying that yes it's college, yes have fun, but no, do not take things too far. Or you'll end up looking like me." Phoebe placed a hand on her stomach.
"I know. And I think Prudence Allison is a great name for the baby, mom," Pam said. "…It's gonna be so weird, having a sister all of a sudden. I promise I'll help out and stuff. As long as she doesn't keep me up all night during finals, then I'll turn evil on her."
"Well, I can't guarantee that," Phoebe said with a laugh. "Babies cry. That's what they do. And although sometimes you might want Piper to freeze her so you can get some peace and quiet…"
"Wait, what?" Pam interrupted.
"Oh, it was this thing, with this abandoned baby whose house was haunted… I was the only one with child experience, unless you count neighbor Dan, so Piper froze him."
"Who's neighbor Dan?"
"It's a long story," Phoebe said. "I would tell it to you, but I think the family reunion dinner Piper's making should be ready soon. She wouldn't want us to be late."
"Right," Pam answered, taking some clothes from her suitcase and placing them in a dresser.
"The point is, you're probably going to be up all night studying during finals anyway. Trust me, your little sister screaming her head off isn't going to affect your grade that much." Phoebe recalled how late she used to stay up studying for finals. They were torture.
Suddenly, they heard the front door open and close.
"Josh?" Phoebe called, "Are you home early?"
"Nope, it's me," Paige said as she entered the room. "Hey, cool, Pam! I like the way everything turned out!"
"Thanks," Pam answered.
"Okay, so why did you come over here?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh, right. A demon attacked in the Manor."
Pam was still getting used to how casually her relatives talked about attacks. "What kind of demon?" she asked.
"That's what Piper's working on now," Paige said. "He seemed lower-level. As we saw a few minutes ago, one of his powers is transmogrification, that along with energy balls and shimmering. So anyway, we need you two for when we go after him because chances are he'll be morphed into some nonliving object, waiting to take us by surprise. However Pheebs, you can sense his emotions if he's near, and Pam, you can read his mind. So come on, next door, everyone!" Paige let the mini caravan through the house, out the door, and into the Manor.
"Find anything?" Phoebe asked Piper as she placed her hand on a fresh scorch mark, trying to get a premonition.
"Yes," Piper answered. She was sitting on the couch by the stairs, scrying. "His name is Edzin and we should be able to take him out with this." She held up a potion vial.
"Alright, an easy one," Phoebe commented.
"And we might just make it back in time so dinner doesn't overcook, Piper," Paige added.
"That would be a plus, since Leo never remembers to take stuff out of the oven when I tell him to," Piper agreed. The crystal dropped down onto the map. Paige looked at Edzin's location.
"Okay then," she said. "Everyone ready to orb?" Phoebe and Pam took Paige's hands. Piper walked over to them and Phoebe stuck out her hand for Piper to hold. Piper began to reach for it, but stopped abruptly.
"You're tense. What is it?" Phoebe asked, sensing her emotions.
"I dunno… I just got a bad feeling all of a sudden, like a chill or something," Piper replied. "You sure we have this all figured out?"
"Yes, Piper," Phoebe replied. "Stop worrying. If anything bad was going to happen, I would've gotten a premonition. Let's go."
Piper took Phoebe's hand and she immediately gasped and closed her eyes tight. "What? What is it, what do you see?" Piper asked apprehensively.
"Just kidding," Phoebe smirked.
Piper rolled her eyes. "Very funny. Let's just get this over with."
Everyone nodded and Paige orbed them out.
A/N: That's all for now! Review!