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Adisa
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Chapter One - Twenty Three Going on One
As happy as the sisters and Leo wanted to be on Chris's first birthday, they couldn't. The neurotic white-lighter would have his twenty-third birthday the same day as he had his first if he hadn't died exactly one year before.
"Piper… I promised Elise I'd be in today. I'm supposed to be helping the interns…" Phoebe admitted, hugging her older sister ferociously. Piper nodded as Phoebe left the manor.
Awhile later, Phoebe arrived at the Bay Mirror, coffee in one hand, her cell in the other.
"My car broke down a few blocks away. I had to call my sister to get it. Sorry.." Phoebe told Elise as she rushed into her office.
"Phoebe. You'll be with Adisa." Elise said, ushering a girl towards Phoebe.
The girl was young, Phoebe noted. Her hair was a bluish-black, and her eyes were an aquamarine blue. A set of amber framed glasses were perched on the bridge of her nose. Phoebe noticed the girl was cautious, as if everything was new to her.
"H- Hi…" the girl stammered, blushing as she did so. Phoebe simply smiled at the girl and lead her into her office.
"It's Addsa, right?' Phoebe asked.
"Adisa. Ev-everyone gets it wr-wrong…" she stuttered. Phoebe smiled weakly.
"How old are you, Adisa?" Phoebe asked as she booted up her laptop. Adisa flushed before answering.
"Twen-ty... No, Twenty-one... It's ma-my bir-birthday, ta-today..." Adisa admitted, after correcting herself. Phoebe felt herself flush slightly when she released that information. Adisa shut the door and sat down on the red chair next to it.
"Well, Happy Birthday then, Adisa... It's my nephew's birthday today as well." Phoebe told her, a smile gracing her lips. Phoebe gasped as a figure appeared next to Adisa. Adisa jumped and hit the door in surprise. He was tall and muscluar.
"I won't tell him where you are, but you can't stay long..." the man said to Adisa.
"I have to, I can't not stay within his presence." Adisa said, before cowering behind Phoebe's desk.
"What makes you think you're strong enough to change anything?" the man asked.
"I may not be twice-blessed, but I am twice powerful." Adisa told him flicking her wrists at him, making him disappear in a white flash.
"Are you a witch?" Phoebe asked in surprise.
"No..." Adisa muttered. Phoebe looked on quizzically.
"Why are you here?" Phoebe asked.
"Because... a friend needed me, and I couldn't come..." Adisa said, confusing Phoebe further.
"What?" Phoebe asked. Adisa took off, leaving a dazed Phoebe behind.
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Piper Halliwell walked into the club, her steps soft, albeit quick. A smile garced her face as she waved at her bartender. A band called the Black Mages were playing in the stage.
"I'm not staying long, Michelle. Thank you so much for helping me out today, I couldn't have gotten Chris's party ready while setting up the club." Piper told her, sitting down.
"No problem, boss." Michelle said, smiling at her before turning to a customer. Piper got up and began to leave, before she noticed a girl that seemed out of place. She looked like 'the girl next door'. Piper got closer and said hello.
"Hi..." the girl said quietly. A hauntingly familair voice barely touched Piper's ears.
"Pandora- It didn't work..." the voice said. Piper brushed it off as her imagination and left the club.
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Paige Matthews made her way into nursery, her shoes making a gentle clack on the floor. Chris sat up in his crib, watching Wyatt play on the floor. Paige picked her younger nephew up and motioned Wyatt out of the room. The white-lighter witch made her way downstairs and into the living room where Piper and Phoebe were talking with Darryll and Shelia.
"Piper... how were the Black Mages?" Shelia asked. Paige smiled as she sat her nephews in their playpen.
"Good. I enjoyed them quite a bit." Piper admitted. A crash was heard from the hall and the sisters and Darryll rushed to it. Phoebe gasped as she saw the demon. Piper blew him up quickly and sighed.
"He... but..." Phoebe stammered, trying to say something, when a set of silver-blue orbs came into the room. A girl with long blue-black hair, and aquamarine eyes framed with amber glasses stood there.
"Adisa!" Phoebe said in surprise.
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