15. Calling Together Good.
"Whoa, bright light." Piper shielded her eyes, as she orbed in at Leo's side.
"Your telling me." Paige muttered, with Phoebe stood beside her.
They had materialized in a large corridor and were immediately enveloped in bright light. In front of them was a huge wooden door and a bench was placed to one side. Paige and Phoebe decided to make use of it.
"I miss shadows." Phoebe whined, "..and some sort of darkness."
At that moment Prue and Krolan appeared. Leo held back a laugh, as the oldest Halliwell shielded her eyes the same why her sisters had.
"Your right, it is no Disneyland." she said grinning at Krolan, still holding his hand.
"I did warn you." he smiled.
"I'm still surprised you've been."
"We all need a vacation at some point." the Elder shrugged, as their hands fell apart. "I'll go tell them you're here."
Prue watched as he walked into the room behind the large door. She then turned to face her sisters, each having a grin on their face. Great, that's all I need.
"What?" she asked innocently.
"Nothing." Paige answered, raising her hands, although she never removed her grin.
In response, Prue turned away and was suddenly over come with nerves. Without realising, she began to pick at her cuticles.
Piper noticed straight away and left her husband's side, walking over to her sister. She grabbed her hands, making her stop.
"You'll be fine."
Prue grimaced at what had given her away again. I've really got to get a handle on that, she told herself as her hands were finally let go off.
"Piper, these are the leaders of all types of good…and we're supposed to convince them to join us." she ran a hand through her hair, another signal of stress.
"And we will. You never know, they might be nervous about meeting us." Piper replied, not actually believing her own words, but she wanted to calm her sister down.
"She's right Prue. They'll be nervous of meeting the Charmed Ones. You have a reputation through out the magical community." Leo agreed. He knew how respected they were and it made him proud to be apart of it.
"Still nervous." was Prue's only reply.
Phoebe moved over to give Prue a hug. "No need. You have us."
"Yeah, we can take them." Paige added, joining the hug. Phoebe then pulled Piper in as well. "Come on." the youngest called to her brother-in-law and motioned him to join them.
"Prue, you have absolutely nothing to worry about." Piper whispered.
That's what you think, she thought lowly.
"Leo, about these reputations. There good, right?…because I've got one from high school, I'd rather not have." Phoebe asked.
Suddenly, before any comment could be made, the doors were opened and the group pulled away.
Krolan was stood in the doorway.
"Ready?"
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Prue lead the rest of the family into the room. The lighting changed from brightly lit to a more serene , comfortable illumination, which enhanced the stone flooring and pale walls. Ancient weaponry decorated the plain room and in the middle was a large wooden table.
Around the table were sat various leaders of good, at least twenty or more. Some they only assumed were in fairy tales and myths, such as; Centaurs, Leprechauns and Dwarfs.
Phoebe and Paige were stood to Prue's left and Piper and Leo flanked her right, while Krolan went to the side of the room. He would only intervene when required, but until then it was up to the Charmed Ones.
Prue scanned the room, observing the expressionless faces of the people she stood in front of. Finally she dug deep, finding the courage she needed. "Thank you for coming."
A few of the leaders bowed their heads slightly in response, but none of them offered a word.
"Introduction.." she continued, "I'm Prue and these are my sisters; Piper.." Piper waved her hand a little. "Phoebe.." the second youngest smiled warmly. "..and Paige." who bowed her head towards them all. "This is Leo, our whitelighter and family member." he smiled in response.
After gaining reassuring expressions from her family, Prue returned to the table. Slowly each member began to introduce themselves.
The Charmed Ones found they were in the presence of Valkyries; Archers; Lighters, the non-passive forms of whitelighters; Fairies and many other mythical creatures. Gradually as everyone was acquainted, focus soon turned back to the sisters.
"I think most of you are aware as to why you have been called here.." Prue began, "..however, in short, we need your help. Good needs to join forces in order to take down the Source and his army. Without it, Hell will be raised on Earth and evil will prevail. I don't know about you but we.." she gestured to her family, "..can't let this happen."
"Not all of us live within your realm of Earth.." the Centaur spoke gruffly, rather unimpressed. "Why should we help?"
Slightly taken back by the comment, Prue answered indignantly, "Because if the Source gains control of Earth, it will only be a matter of time before he comes to your realm."
"With this allegiance, would it stand if the Source was to come to our realm?" the Valkyry questioned, eyeing all the sisters, being suspicious by nature.
"Of course, especially on my part. I can't speak for everyone but you'll always have my allegiance."
Piper cleared her throat, causing Prue to face her. "You have all of ours. You get one of us, you get us all."
"If the allegiance is mutual." Paige stated.
"You help us, we'll help you." Phoebe added.
Prue smiled at them all, then turned back to the table, were some looked thoughtful at the new information. "You see, usually good will prevail in normal circumstances. But with evil working together and good not, it will perish."
"And so will some of us." the Dwarf reasoned.
"I know," she sighed, aware of how much they were asking of them, "..and it's regretful, but we also will if nothing is done. The Source will want to wipe us all out and if we are not united, he'll have an easier job in doing so."
"Can we trust you to lead us?" the Archer asked.
The younger Halliwells suddenly tensed at the question. Each readying themselves for an argument. However Prue jumped in before anything was said. They couldn't risk upsetting any of the leaders.
"Yes. I promise to be there till the end, whatever the outcome."
"As do I." the Dwarf spoke, as other agreements filled the air. Although a few remained silent for a brief minute or two.
"We shall join you." the Centaur responded.
"You have our allegiance." the Valkyry added, still not fully trusting the sisters.
Finally all eyes turned to the Archer, who had not spoken and still appeared as if he wouldn't for a short time.
"It shall be an honour to fight among you." he finally answered.
"The honour is ours." Prue replied, with a small smile. "..to all of you. I would like to thank you. And my promise stands."
"Well until that day, Charmed Ones, I bid you fair well." the Archer announced, then vanished. The rest following suite, leaving the sisters, Leo and Krolan alone.
"That actually went well." Prue grinned, turning to the others, as Krolan moved over to the group. He was in complete awe at how easy the meeting had gone.
"We told you so. You had nothing to worry about." Piper gloated, leaning into Leo's arms.
"What about when you three almost jumped that Archer guy?" she shot back, with a smile.
Phoebe swept her arm over her sisters shoulder. "He was questioning our big sis." she smirked.
"Do you realise, you could have summed that all up by saying 'for the greater good'?" Paige laughed.
"I know. Could you imagine if I did?"
"Yeah, the Elders would have major ammo to use on us." Piper replied, then noticed the Elder in the room and grimaced, wanting to remove her foot from her mouth. If he was more Elder like, this would not be a problem, she thought and smiled sweetly. "Nothing personal Krolan."
He laughed it off. "It's okay." he had known their feelings towards Them, and was prepared for a lot more.
"Lets go home." Leo said, and at Piper's nod he began to disappear.
"Leo's right. Ready to go Pheebs?" Paige asked grabbing her sisters hand and pulling her away from Prue.
"Sure, Paige." Phoebe replied, grinning at what her younger sister was up to, and didn't mind doing her bit to help. With that they orbed out.
I'm going to kill them, Prue declared to herself, annoyed at the obvious set up…again. Why can't they just leave things alone?
She looked over to Krolan, noticing he too was completely aware of what her sisters were doing. He didn't seem as embarrassed as he had at their first attempt.
"I guess it's just us again." Prue stated, conscious of the silence that had sat between them since everyone had left.
The Elder smiled, "It's not too bad, is it?" he asked, taking her hand.
"No, but only because you're a good Elder." she grinned back. Oh my God, I'm flirting with an Elder….what am I doing? she berated herself.
"Ah but we are all good. I am just what they call naïve and reckless." Krolan grinned back, then noticed her laugh softly, "What?"
"I think we're in the same category, according to them anyway."
"That's why they decided that I should be sent, instead of someone else. I relate to you more."
"I'm glad they did." she smiled, although inside she was yelling at herself, Stop it, stop it, stop it.
"Yeah, me too." he agreed. Then they vanished, both surprised at the turn of conversation.
A/N: Okay, about the other good forces, it took me ages to think of them. That's why their really pants and there's very little about them.
Also, the Prue and Krolan (another bad name) situation, if you don't like itplease bare with it, you'll see where it heads later on.
That's about it for now. Thanks for reading. I was expecting to lose most of you guys alone time ago.
Anyway, you know what to do.