Half an hour later, the small group had moved to the attic, and now Piper was searching the Book Of Shadows for the demon that had nearly killed her baby. She was not going to let it get away.
"Got it!" Piper announced, and everyone crowded around her.
"Dorf," Paige read. "' Dorf hunts down every witch with the power of Photokinesis. The reason for this is that the light wielding power is the only power that can vanquish him.'"
Three pairs of brown eyes and one set of green fixed on Chloe. She swallowed nervously. "What does that mean?"
"It means you're the only one who can vanquish the demon," Piper explained with a frown. She didn't like the idea of Chloe vanquishing Dorf any more than Chloe did. But what could she do? At least Chloe had Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo to help her.
"Hey, that's a beautiful necklace," Phoebe suddenly complemented, pointing at the half crescent moon hanging from a thin gold chain around Chloe's slender neck.
"Thank you. My birth mother gave it to me before she had me adopted," Chloe said, touching the necklace fondly.
"May I?"
"Sure." Chloe slipped the necklace and handed it to Phoebe.
As soon as Phoebe touched the necklace, a vision crashed into her mind.
----- A young woman of about sixteen, and who looked just like Chloe, was wearing a crescent moon necklace identical to Chloe's and cradling a tiny baby. Tears streamed down her blotchy face as she pulled the necklace from her neck and secured and it around the baby's. The pendant dwarfed the baby girl.
The scene shifted to the same woman, this time in her mid-thirties. The woman stood outside a large, modern San Francisco house, with colourful flowers bordering the pathway that led up to it. She held a photo of the baby in the past scene, and tears welled in her eyes as she muttered something inaudible.------
"Oh my God!" Chloe instinctively grabbed Phoebe as she swayed.
Piper also put her arm protectively around the psychic witch's back.
"What did you see?" Paige asked.
"See?"
"Phoebe has premonitions when she touches something," Piper explained to a confused Chloe.
"That happens every time she touches something?" Chloe seemed appalled and concerned.
Piper smiled kindly at Chloe's question. "No, sweetie. Only when she's meant to."
"Oh." Chloe's face turned from concern to curiosity. Why had her necklace triggered a vision?
"Phoebe?" Paige prodded gently, hoping to get to the bottom of this quickly.
Phoebe took a deep breath and recounted her vision to the rest of the group.
"What does it mean?" Chloe wondered.
"I think you were at P3 for two reasons. One, Piper, Paige and Phoebe are supposed to protect you from Dorf. Secondly they're meant to reunite you with you birth mother," Leo said.
"Seems reasonable to me," Phoebe agreed, already over the draining effects of her vision.
"By the way, why were you at my club?"
"I saw the front door open and wondered if everything was okay."
"Hmm. Seems like I'm not the only one to forget to lock doors, " Phoebe teased, nudging Piper playfully.
"Hello witches," a deep, menacing voice growled.
"Dorf," Phoebe stated.
At the same moment Paige muttered "eeww," and gagged in disgust.
The demon who seriously needed dental work seemed shocked that they knew his name, but it only lasted a second.
"Chloe," Paige urged.
"What do I do?" Panicked tears pricked Chloe's eyes.
"Focus on the power inside you, and believe you can do it," Piper instructed.
Chloe closed her eyes and held her palm towards Dorf. A beam of light struck Dorf's chest. Bubbles seemed to erupt under Dorf's skin. The bubbles burst, leaving raw, gaping holes. The holes spread until Dorf collapsed in on himself, vanquished for good.
"Well done," Piper congratulated proudly, hugging the shaking new witch.
"Now let's go find your Mom," Phoebe said.
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Two hours later the Charmed Ones stood on the pavement, watching Chloe reunite with her birth mother. Both women were sobbing and shaking uncontrollably. Tears flowed down Paige's cheeks, remembering the first time she had met Patricia. Unfortunately Patty had been dead, but thanks to magic, Paige had spent some time with her birth mother since becoming a witch. Paige turned her head side ways a to glance at her older half-sisters. She was so blessed to have found them.
Chloe's mother turned to lead Chloe inside, but Chloe muttered something. Her mother nodded and stepped inside alone. For a brief moment Paige thought something had gone terribly wrong. But then Chloe sprinted back down the path, a huge grin on her face. Chloe threw her self at Piper and hugged her tightly. Once she had finished she repeated the procedure with the younger Charmed Ones.
"Thank you. How can I ever repay you?"
"Just say happy," Phoebe said simply.
As Chloe rushed back up the path and into her mother's house, Piper felt very proud and content. They had saved an innocent, vanquished a demon, brought together a family and made a new friend in the process. Not bad for a days work.
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A/N. Hope you liked. Just so you know, that won't be the last of Chloe, though she won't crop up again for a while. Next chapter should be up soon!
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