A/N: Snow day! It means I have time to update :)

dana-maru1: you'll see...

CHAPTER THREE

Andy unlocked the door and stepped in, Stella close behind. Home sweet home. It was a very small house, with only two bedrooms, the tiniest bathroom you could ever imagine, and a kitchen and living room which were basically one. So it was pathetic… but it was the best they could do. Stella wondered what things were like before their mom died… if she was a social worker, then she must've had a pretty good salary… and their dad did, too, before he was fired for being drunk on the job. Stella wished they had pictures from back then- that way she might be able to see what their old house used to look like. It was probably big. She let her mind wander as to what her mother might've looked like as well, but she didn't have much time to think before she was hit by a projectile newspaper.

"Andy!" she grumbled, picking up the paper from where it had landed on the carpet. "What was that for?"

"Just a friendly reminder to search the classifieds," he replied.

"Right…" Stella mumbled, sitting down in her dad's armchair and opening the paper. Andy was lying on the couch next to her, watching some random show on the fuzzy old TV.

Just then, a sinister looking man appeared out of nowhere. Stella and Andy leapt to their feet. The man grinned and extended his hand. An energy ball appeared in it. Now, they panicked. As they started to run for an exit, the man threw it. As soon as it hit the door, the wood turned black. Stella screamed. Andy grabbed her by the hand and they ran into the only room with a lock- the bathroom.

"Why did we come in here?" Stella asked, paranoid. They both knew very well that a demon was attacking them, but they had no idea why. All they knew was that they'd never stand a chance. Stella screamed again as loud pounding sounds came from the other side of the door. The wood was cracking. They searched around for some sort of exit- there were no windows in this room. "Someone help us!" Stella shouted pointlessly. She doubted anyone would hear or care.

Suddenly, a swarm of blue lights filled the room, materializing into a young man with brown hair. Both Stella and Andy jumped.

"Who are you?" Andy asked. The door burst open, and the demon inched closer.

"Come with me, quick!" Before Stella or Andy could protest, there was a hand on each of their shoulders and blue lights clouded their vision.

……………………………………….

Pam aimlessly looked in the fridge. As she shut the door, a swarm of blue lights appeared in front of her.

"Chris, what're you-" she stopped as she saw the other two people with him. "-doing here?" she finished.

"How did we get here?" Andy asked. "Where are we?"

"Are these mortals?" Pam asked.

"I don't know. I heard their call, and when I orbed in, they were being attacked by a demon, so I orbed them out."

"What did you do?" Stella asked warily. This was a term she'd never heard of before.

"I saved your lives, that's what!" Chris said, on the verge of loosing his temper.

"So if you could hear their call, they should be your charges…" Pam pondered. Perhaps these two were future Whitelighters. "Well, did you get the demon?"

"No," Chris replied. "I brought them over here because we might need two witches. This guy-"

"Witches?" Andy said. Out of all the things he could be involved with, the supernatural was the one he'd least expected- or wanted. "That's it, we're outta here…"

"If you leave, you're only gonna get attacked by the demon again," Pam persuaded.

They stopped. "A-And you can help us?" Stella asked.

"Yes," Pam replied. "Do you have any idea why he went after you?"

"Why? We don't even know where he came from!" Andy exclaimed. "One minute, everything was normal, and the next, he just- what's it called, 'shimmered'… then everything went crazy."

"Okay, well, do you remember what he looked like?" Luckily, Pam had been able to retrieve the Book of Shadows from Wyatt a few years ago.

"Like that!" Stella exclaimed, pointing over near the basement door. The same demon was standing there.

Pam rushed over and high-kicked him in the face to buy some time. "Jake!" she shouted. Unfortunately, she and Chris lacked offensive active powers.

He rushed in and launched an energy ball at the demon. It only stunned him for a second. "That's not gonna work, Destorr!" He pointed at Stella and Andy. "I will have revenge on them!" He shimmered out.