Chronicals of the Chosen Warrior
Book One: Something Wicca to Roswell Comes
Chapter Two:Family Secrets
Liz was in aww at how the week had gone by so quickly.She had met her now good friend Peter at her locker and they started to joke about what had happened in one of their classes earlier that day. Liz tried to ignore the fact that she and Peter had grown pretty close this past week. She didnt know whether or not he liked her back, so she said nothing.
"Do you remember what she said when you did that?" Liz said laughing.
"Yeah, Mrs. Niles did look funny when that guy said she looked like a blimp with make-up on." Pater said laughing,"'How dare you say such an insulting thing to me." Peter said in a high tone mimicking the teacher. Not noticing that said teacher walking up behind him.
"I dont think that my voice goes quite so high, Mr. Quin." said Mrs. Niles supprising both Liz and Peter.
"Oh Mrs. Niles I didnt see you there." Peter said unconfortably.
"Yeah right. Well than I guess that means that you'll be able to see me in detention for 30 minutes. Dont be late." Mrs. Niles said and walked away.Liz bursts out laughing when she saw that Mrs.Niles was out of earshout.
"Hey! Thats not funny," Peter said glaring at Liz whowas still laughing," You should have gotten into trouble tooo. Its not fair."
"Hey its your own fault you got caught." Liz said stivking her tongue out at Peter. he glares at her again.
"You wouldnt be laughing if she'd have caught you as well." Peter said.
Liz was about to respond but was cut off when Peter cut her off by kissing her on the cheek. Liz was caught off guard and she stepped back a few steps. 'Where did that come from?' she thought. She was at a loss for words. Her cheeks were burning red.
"Im sorry." Peter said looking wounded by Liz's reaction."I didnt mean to offend you."
Liz instantly feels guilty."Its ok Peter you just, you know, caught me off guard is all." She gave him a small smile. Liz saw that this did nothing to help Peters mood. "Well since you did that you'd beter not be late for my birthday buddy."
They both laugh oquardly. "You'd better get going or youll be in even more hot water with Mrs. Niles." Liz said poking Peter on the chest.
Peter makes another face than ones off to serve his detention. Liz turns to close her locker still laughing about the situation. She and Peter were just friends. Werent they?
"Mom. Dad. I'm home!" Liz called out as she closed the door to her families appartment above their restaurant the Crashdown. She walks into the kitchen to see if anyone is there, but no one is. then she looked over and saw that there was a note on the table. She picked it up and read it:
Liz,
Your father and I have gone to the airport to pick-up your cousins. We'll be back later to set up for your party.
Always love, Mom
Liz was about to walk out of the kitchen when she heard a loud thud. She runs out of the kitchen and looks cautiously at where she thinks the sound originated. It had been the latter to the attack. It was very old. her dad had told her once that he could never get it to come down. Something about it being jambed. Liz had always wondered what was up there. She was deep in thought when she heard the attack doors creak. Something in the back of her mind was telling her to go up there. She climbed the stairs and pooshed open the doors slowly.
"Hello?" Liz called out looking around the dusty room and finding nothing, but a lot of stuff her grandmother Claudia had gathered over the years before she died two years ago. She turns to leave when she hears another sound. She turns and finds that the old trunk that was in the corner of the room. She walked caustly over to it and looked inside upon its contanence. She was shocked to see that inside was the most beautiful book, she had ever seen. She pulled it out and examined it. It was a dark wine red, and looked to be very old. It also had a symbol on the hard, leather cover. It was of a circle and three looped almond shapes in the middle.
Liz truned around, closed the trunk, and sat on top of it. She sat the book in her lap and opened it too the first page. She saw that there was an odd poem on it and began to read it aloud:
Hear now the words of the witches the secrets weve hid in the night the oldest of gods are invocked here the great woks of magic is sought in this time and in this hour I call upon the ancient power Bestow your power upon me give me the power I want the power.
The room began to shake as if there was an earthquake. Liz panicked and slamed the book shut and held it close to her chest and ran out of the attack and went down out of the attack and into her room. She didnt know what was going on but she knew that for some reason she had to keep the book close. To protect it, but why?
Liz noticed that it was ten minutes sence the building had stopped shacking. She sat and traced the symbol on the cover of the book. She opened it and looked at the inner cover. She saw that there was an inscription there that she didnt notice before. It read:
Elizabeth,
May this book, that contains all of our knowledge, keep you safe and guide you on the path to completing your destiny.
All Our Love,
Mom
Liz was confused. "I see you've found the family heirloom." Nancy said shocking Liz out of herself. Nancy walked over and sat down on the bed beside Liz putting a hand on the cover of the book beside Liz's.
"Heirloom?" Liz said confused.
"Yeah, this old thing has been past down in my family for generations. It is one of our greatest treasures and most important kept secret." Nancy said materfactly.
"Secret? What secret?" Liz asked.
"That we are not exactly normal." Nancy said not fully ready to tell her daughter the secret that she and her father has kept from her most of her life.
"What exactly do you mean by not normal?" Liz said. "Are we some kind of aliens or something?" Liz began to laugh and Nancy joined her.
"No, we arent aliens. We are human." Nancy said when she stopped laughing along with Liz. "We're witches."
"Witches? Mom there is no such thing as witches." Liz said wondering about her moms sanity. Liz knew for a fact that there were aliens, because she dated one. Though not only that it was highly probable that there were alien beings out there in the universe due to the fact that humans couldnt be the only sentiant beings out there. It was simple science, but witches werent real. It just didnt make anysense.
"Its true.", Nancy said with a sad smile.
"Mom, what're you talking about?" Liz said confused and slightly worried.
"Liz I know that you know what im talking about. Your are the smartest person at your school. You know what Im saying is true." Nancy said.
"Mom, this is insane. I'm not a witch!" Liz said and stood up. All of a sudden, the glass vase on the shelf started to shake. Liz looked on scared. While Nancy looked like she knew this was going to happen.
"Liz, there's nothing to be scared about. You need to calm down or the vase will-" Nancy said being cut off mid sentence when the vase shattering into close to a million peaces.
Liz jumped. "Mom, what just happened? I-" Liz began but was inturupted when Nancy invelloped her in a hug.
"Everythings going to be ok sweety. Just calm down. Thats it deep breaths." Nancy said as she felt Liz calm down, then they both sat back onto the bed. "Liz, I know this is hard to believe, but you are a witch. The vase exploding, you did that with one of your powers."
Liz raised an her eyebrow in question. "Powers?"
Nancy smiled. "Yes, you have three abilitties; molecular combustion, levitation, and telekinesis."
Liz's mouth hit the floor. To say she was shocked was an understatement. She was going to say something but thought that she should at least give her mother a chance to explain this a little more.
"Liz, I know this must come as a shock to you, but I promise you, nothing bad will happen to you." Nancy said.
Liz looked at her mother. "Is this why you and Dad have been acting so weird around me for the last couple of days?"
Nancy nodded. "Yes. We knew you'd be getting your powers on your eighteenth birthday, so we were a little nervous about how I was going to tell you."
"Is dad-"
Nancy knew what she was going to ask. "No, your father's not a witch. He does know about the family history though. I was a witch before your Auny Patty died, but I decided to give it up when she passed away."
Liz knew by her mother's voice that she didn't want to press the issue so she didn't.
Nancy was relieved that Liz started to believe her. After what happened with the vase, why wouldn't she?
"What's this book for?" Liz asked as she kept staring at it.
Nancy gave Liz the large, wine red, hard leather book. "It's yours. It's a Book Of Shadows." At Liz's confused look, she elaborated. "A book of Spells. It'll guide you with your destiny as The Chosen Warrior."
Liz looked startled. "What?"
Nancy sighed, "Liz, being a witch isn't an easy job. Your destiny is to become a very powerful witch, just like your cousins Paige, Piper and Phoebe. They're the Charmed Ones. The most powerful witches in history. Until now. Now, you're the next most powerful witch in history."
Liz looked at her mother, then at the book in awe. She touched the symbol on the front cover of her book. "What does it mean?"
Nancy smiled, "It symbolizes 'three'. The number of powers you have. It's also a protection symbol. See, the book protects itself from evil." Nancy smile vanished and her lip quivered.
Liz looked scared for a moment. "Evil?"
Nancy grabbed Liz's hand, "Liz, there will be creatures, demons to be precise, that will be coming after you. For the book and to kill you and innocent people."
Liz gasped. "No."
Nancy nodded sadly, almost about to cry. "I'm afraid so, honey." She took a deep breath.
Liz thought deeply about what her mother told her. "What do I have to do exactly? As a witch, I mean."
"You have a duty to save innocent lives, and destroy the demons that come after you. This book will help you destroy them. It has spells and potions that will destroy them and some that will protect you."
Liz felt the tears roll down her cheek. "I can't turn away from this can I?"
Nancy felt a tear roll down her cheek too. "No, sweetie. I wish I could take this bourdon away from you, but I can't. It's your destiny." She paused for a moment. "Now come on everyones waiting for us down stairs." Nancy said getting up, wiping her face and leaving the room. Liz poot the book down on her bed and walk over to her bedromm door taking one last glance at the book. "Happy Birthday to me." She said and walked out of the room and closing the door.
When Liz pushed open the doors to her family's restaurant it had shocked her at how fast her parents had decorated it. There were strawberry collored ribbons and baby blue balloons everywhere. Liz was in awe by the sight of the way the Chrashdown was decorated. This was enough to help Liz put aside her emotions about what just happened in her room for the moment anyways. Now, now she was going to enjoy her birthday.
Though when Liz came back to reality she looked around the room and saw her cousins Piper and Phoebe, who looked completly different than what she remembered, were talking with her parents laughing and talking about old times. "Piper! Phoebe!" Liz screamed as she ran to hug her two older cousins.
"Wow, Liz you've grown to be a beautiful young lady." Piper said appraising Liz.
"Yup she is a chip off the old block." Phoebe said making both Liz and Piper laugh along with her.
"So this is the famous Elizabeth Parker." Paige said when she walked over to stand with Liz and her sisters. She held out a hand."Hi, Im Paige."
"Hi nice to meet you Paige." Liz said taking and shaking Paige's hand."So... before we get into the fact that I and apparently the rest of you are witches. Fill me in." Liz said getting to the point quickly."How did you find out you were sisters with Piper and Phoebe?"
Piper, Paige, and Phoebe looked at each other. "We'll tell you later sweaty," Piper said turning back towards Liz.
"Ok" Liz said slowly. "well how have you been, then?"
Piper was about to respond when the restaurant bells went off. Peter walks in.
