A/N: This one's a bit short... sorry. I'll update with the next chapter soon. :)

Mediatorsk: So I guess I'm funny when I'm neurotic, eh? lol. As for Nattrods, well, I came up with that the same way as I always do. Type some random keys on my keyboard, add some vowels, and change the letters around until it looks something remotely like a demon name. :)

CHAPTER SIX

Stella took after her mother. After learning a little bit about witchcraft and how different emotions trigger certain powers, she had quickly found out that she could move things telekinetically if she called for them. They would orb themselves to her, and according to Pam, this had been the same way that Paige's powers had worked. Andy on the other hand took after his Aunt Piper. It hadn't been long before Pam threw something at him and he inadvertently made it stop in mid-air.

All they had to work on now was control. Although it was obvious that a lot more practice would be needed for any beginner witch, Pam was impressed at how quickly they were learning. She was confident that as long as she, Chris, or Jake was there to help, her cousins were capable of surviving a demon attack.

"Okay, well now I think I should go up to the attic and see if there's any way to figure out how Stephen Joyce defeated these things… You guys just work on your powers," Pam instructed. "Feel free to look around the house or something… whatever you feel like. Jake, you have the most offensive active power. Stay down here with them."

And he did… for a few minutes. After that, Stella had led Andy into the kitchen whilst he was too wrapped up in sorting through the closet under the stairs.

"So do you really think dad knows something about all this?" Stella asked her brother. She took a book from the shelf.

"I dunno… everything's way too confusing today. What're you doing?"

"Maybe there's a phone number in here for dad or something," Stella suggested. She was leafing through the family address book. "Like, maybe he's at the house of a relative that we don't know about…"

Andy shrugged. "God knows he's already lied to us enough,"

"Andy, don't be mad at him… he was just trying to protect us."

"By lying to us about mom? By keeping all of this a secret? That's not fair."

"Well, you can't always get what you want," Stella quipped. "You like that song, right?" she added when there was no reaction from her brother.

"I'm more of a Beatles fan," he said.

Just then, the Nattrod demon shimmered in. As soon as the twins looked over, he thrust an energy ball straight at them. Andy held up his hands, and it froze.

"You're witches?" the demon asked. He sounded perplexed by this new finding, and a little bit annoyed as well.

"Hell yeah," Stella answered, trying to sound tough. She eyed the pot that was resting on the stove. "Pot!" she shouted, extending her hand towards it. It instantly turned into a mass of blue orbs, and she angled her hand so that it would turn and hit the Nattrod.

Unfortunately, she still hadn't quite gotten her aim down. It missed and instead bounced off the wall. The demon only grinned at the realization that they too had been unaware of their powers until recently. Stella and Andy tried to stay calm, reminding themselves that they still had options. It was then that the energy ball Andy had frozen started moving again. He and his sister ducked just in time to avoid its contact. Now, they were starting to panic. Andy tried to freeze the demon, but it didn't work. Remembering what Pam had said, he was either too far away or too powerful for the freezes to affect him.

"You're not getting out of this one," the Nattrod chuckled. "Your Great-Great-Great Grandfather did something to our people. Something we didn't like. So, now we're returning the favor…" an energy ball began to form in his hand.

Just then, the back door opened and in stepped a young girl. She looked to be about eleven or twelve, and instead of running and screaming at the sight of something scary like Stella and Andy would expect any preteen girl to do, she dropped the books she'd been carrying and immediately flung her arms up at the demon. A small explosion erupted on his chest. Although it seemed to have hurt him, it obviously wasn't enough to keep him away. But the girl kept trying. She never stopped from causing the little fiery explosions, and finally, the demon had had enough of constantly fighting them off and shimmered out.

Andy whistled at the girl's amazing power. He couldn't think of anything better to describe it.

Just then, Pam, Chris, and Jakerushed in. "What happened?" Pam asked. She looked over at the girl. "Allie, what're you doing over here?"