Guten Tag an alle! Sorry for the long delay once again. My stupid old computer wouldn't let me connect to the internet! Anyway, then I had all of these papers to write for school. It was one horrible month. That's over for now (Gott sei dank!). Now I can continue with Tis the Season! Here is the next chapter in the saga.
Chapter 11:
Oops! Wrong demon!
March orbed Phoebe to a deserted alleyway. It was dirty, messy, and smelled suspiciously of human waste.
"Could you have possibly picked a worse alleyway to orb me into?" Phoebe exclaimed, pinching her nose in disgust.
"Yeah well. You know demons and unhygienic alleyways. Perfect place to spring on innocent mortals."
"Funny."
"Catch you on the flip side cousin," March said as she orbed out.
"Okay, Pheebs, you're on your own now," she said to herself. She felt a presence behind her. "Okay, I know you're out here. Come and get me you stupid demon!"
"Fine," the demon snarled. "Hello pretty little witch."
"You're not the demon I was looking for!" Phoebe exclaimed in shock.
"Sorry I couldn't be more accommodating to your needs."
He started for Phoebe, launching at her head. Phoebe blocked him and the fight was on!
March orbed back to the Manor, coalescing next to her Whitelighter cousins. She immediately reached out in her mind for Phoebe. She was deep in concentration, folding her hands behind her back and closing her eyes.
"Can you sense her?" Prue asked from behind her.
"Her senses are alerted. I can feel that. She's surprised. She's got him. Let's go!"
The three orbed out of the manor and to Phoebe. They found her alone in the alleyway covered in demon guts. "Ugh! What happened to you?"
"What does it look like Paige?" Phoebe retorted. "I just vanquished a demon."
"I thought you needed a potion from Xanthos' flesh to vanquish him," March said, confused.
"The point exactly. It wasn't him. I got some other demon instead."
"Let's get you home and in the shower. Frankly, my dear sister, you stink."
"Very funny, Prue."
When they got back to the Manor, Phoebe immediately headed upstairs to the shower. The three cousins were by themselves in the living room. Xanthos shimmered in front of them. "Hello witches."
"Don't look at his eyes!" Paige exclaimed as they took cover. Prue and March, however, had already done the task. They stood, mesmerized by his glowing yellow eyes.
"Too late stupid witch," he replied. "Look at me!" he shot an energy ball at Paige causing her to move and look at him on reflex. Paige was likewise entranced soon after.
"My job is done here." With that Xanthos shimmered out.
March blinked. "What was that?"
"I don't know," Prue said shaking her head.
"How'd I get on the floor?" Paige asked.
"You musta fell or something."
Piper and May rushed in. "What happened?"
"Nothing. I just tripped over my own feet," Paige said getting up slowly.
"Okay," April replied going over to help her.
"I've got a huge headache," March said suddenly.
"We have some aspirin upstairs in the medicine cabinet," Piper suggested.
"I'm allergic to aspirin and ibuprofen."
"How about chamomile tea? That works well for headaches. How about you guys go find the summoning spell for Xanthos and I'll bring up some and join you."
"Sounds good to me," March said and the Whitelighters trudged up the stairs to the attic.
Piper shook her head at them. March must have a lot on her mind to not be so talkative. Her turquoise eyes had lost their customary twinkle. Something was going on in her brain.
Piper shook her concern off and started to brew the tea.
April couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right with her big sister. She hadn't been acting right since she and their cousins had orbed Phoebe back from the alleyway. She had that distant look in her eyes as if she were trying to sense her charges. She was jumpy and talked very little. She wondered if Piper or May had sensed anything different. She would have to query them later to compare notes.
April felt eyes on her and turned towards March. She looked away quickly.
"Something on your mind, Sis?" April asked her.
"Nothing," she replied coming up to stand next to her by the book. "I think we can use the same summoning spell as the one for Balthazar, just switch out names." She moved to turn the pages in the book when a bright light shocked her hand.
She jumped in pain. "What the-? April, did you do that?"
"No, It was the Book. I don't know why it did that." April found the section on Balthazar and copied down the summoning spell all the while wondering why the book shocked March and not her.
Okay, das ist alles. The next chapter should be up pretty soon. I just have to type it up and submit it. Until next time, Aufwiedersehen!
Maylee