Chapter 5: 3 Powerful Witches

Leaving the girls in the living room, Piper, Pheobe, and Paige made their way into the kitchen.

"Something's really weird here," said Paige as she leaned up against the island.

"What do you mean?" Piper asked.

"Well, the demon who was after Ronnie almost got me with an energy ball. But something…or someone reflected it."

"What did Ronnie do?" Pheobe asked.

"When I turned to face her, she was just standing there, staring at her hands," Paige said.

"You think she did it?" Piper asked. Paige shrugged.

"I think so," Pheobe said. Piper and Paige stared at her. "When I went to help Violet, she literally disappeared and reappeared right in front of me."

"You mean she orbed?" Piper asked, shocked.

"No," said Pheobe, "there were no white lights or anything. It was like she…teleported or something. One minute she was in front of the shelf of glasses and the next she was behind it."

"So what? You think they're witches?" Piper asked.

"I don't know. But what about Varali?" Pheobe said.

"Yeah, did anything happen when you went after her?" Paige joined.

"She was thrown around pretty bad. That's about it," Piper said.

"Come on, there has to be something. Just think," Pheobe said, staring at her sister.

Piper began to think about the attack. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary…until that second hit. Something happened.

"Well, when she was thrown the second time, something did happen when she hit the ground which I found odd," Piper said, still musing over the event.

"What was that?"

"There was this loud clap of thunder but there wasn't a cloud in the sky." Piper looked at her sisters with a confused look on her face. "We need to find out who these girls are. Paige." Piper was cut off.

"I'm on it," Paige interrupted, already knowing what Piper was going to say. In a swirl of white lights, Paige orbed out to find out more from the Elders.

"So, what do we do while we wait?" Pheobe asked Piper with a concerned look on her face.

"Well, we try to keep the girls calm and try to keep ourselves sane," Piper offered.

Pheobe nodded and was silent for a moment. She looked around. "Hey, where is Leo?"

"He told me this morning that he was going to magic school today. He's trying to open it back up," Piper said.

"Cool," Pheobe said.

"Um, excuse me," a voice came from the doorway. It was Violet. "How long is this going to take? I kinda have to get back to work; my boss thinks I'm on break."

"Oh, sweetie," Pheobe said walking over to her, "I know, but you can't leave until we can be sure that you're going to be safe."

"Oh," was all Violet could say at the moment.

Piper offered her some help. "Why don't you go get the other girls and we can all sit down and have some tea. How does that sound?"

"Okay, I guess." Violet turned and made her way back into the living room for Varali and Ronnie. Piper turned and began making the tea.

"That was good," Pheobe complimented.

Piper shrugged and looked up as Violet returned with the other two.

"You girls alright?" Pheobe asked as they each sat at the kitchen table.

"I don't know. I guess," Ronnie said.

"Hey," Varali said, "where did your sister go?"

"Paige went to find out what's going on," Piper said as she made her way to the table with mugs full of tea.

"And where did she go to do that?" asked Ronnie, taking one of the mugs.

Pheobe and Piper looked at each other. "A…higher place," Pheobe said.

The girls all looked around nervously, taking a sip of their tea. The five of them sat in silence for what seemed like the longest time. Finally, Paige orbed back into the kitchen. The girls' jaws dropped as they watched Paige appear in a swirl of white lights.

"What'd you find out?" Piper asked, looking at her.

"A lot," Paige said, taking a seat.

"Like?" Pheobe asked.

"Well," Paige said looking around at the girls, "you three are really something special."

"What do you mean?" Varali asked.

"What I mean is, I went to find out about what kind of danger you're in, but instead I was told how you are. Those strange occurrences that happened earlier today with each of you were magical," Paige said.

"Huh?" Ronnie said, confusion all over her delicate face.

"You're witches…very powerful witches," Paige said.

Violet choked on the tea that was in her mouth. "What?"

Ronnie's eyes were bulging out of her head.

"Wait a minute, first you bring me here and I don't even know you and now you're trying to tell me that I'm a witch?" Varali said, anger in her voice.

"I think you're a little more than a witch. You three are The Enchanted Ones," Paige said.

"The who?" Piper and Pheobe said in unison.

"The Enchanted Ones." Paige directed her attention to her sisters. "Three prophesized girls born on the same day a year apart. There first names would start with the same letter. They would meet, become this powerful group, and basically do what we do."

"There is no way this could be true. You just picked up three random girls off the street and tell them their The Enchanted Ones? No way," Varali said.

"Okay, let's test it," Piper said. "When's your birthday?"

"July 7th."

"And year?"

"1987."

Piper shifted her gaze to the other two girls as did Varali.

"July 7th 1989," said Violet quietly.

Varali's eyes widened as she looked at Ronnie. Ronnie stared back at her. "July 7th 1988."

Varali was silent. She had to think of another way to get out of this. "Okay, well that still doesn't mean anything. Only two of us have a name that starts with a V. Hers starts with an R."

All eyes flew to Ronnie who was looking down at the table. She was so afraid to open her mouth. She didn't want any of this to be true. But it was too inevitable to avoid.

"Actually," she said, making Varali give her a dirty look. "Ronnie's a nickname. My full name is Veronica Wilson."

Varali groaned. "So what? That still doesn't mean anything. I'm out of here." She got up from her seat and made her way to the front door. Piper, Pheobe, and Paige were right on her tail.

"No, you can't leave," Paige said.

"Watch me," Varali yelled.

"You have to stay here. You're safe here," Pheobe said.

"I'm leaving and there's nothing you can do to stop me." Varali was reaching for the door when Piper grabbed her arm. "Don't touch me!" Varali yelled. Piper immediately released her arm when she spun around to face the sisters. Her eyes had changed from their emerald green to a fiery red. As quickly as it had occurred, it was gone and the emerald was back. Piper backed up into her sisters. " Don't even think about following me," Varali said, oblivious to what happened, as she walked out of the house and disappeared down the front steps.

The sisters stared after her.

"Did you see that?" Piper asked.

"Uh huh," Pheobe and Paige said in unison.

"So did we," said Veronica from behind them causing them to turn. "What do we do?"

"Well," said Paige, "I don't think any demons will be coming after you for the time being. You should go home and get some rest. If you need anything, just yell my name and I'll be there."

Veronica nodded. Violet, on the otherhand, was not so comfortable. "But, I'm not going out there alone."

"I'll go with you," said Veronica. "I'll make sure you get home safe. We'll take the bus back so that we're around a lot of people. When we get back to campus, I'll drive you home."

"Okay," Violet said. Together, the pair walked out, leaving the sisters alone.

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