I will be skipping the Valhalla episode as Leo was never kidnapped, buttttt there will be a time skip after I establish their training. Just an FYI.
To my Guest Reviewer... all will come in time, but yes he will be defending Chris, someone has to!
"Wow, your prettier in person." Kyra told Phoebe as she looked at her all over, smirking at the woman's intense natural beauty. Phoebe smirked, pleased clearly by the complement. "No wonder Cole was so smitten." That destroyed Phoebe's smirk. "Sorry, but Cole was a friend, so I am a bit bitter that you betrayed him and no I don't mean killing him as the Source. I mean never helping him move on, repeatedly using and abusing him and so on. That's another subject though, we can discuss that later. For now, we will work on the basics. Sharing your visions with others, divination and channeling your own powers for the sake of intuition and visions. Real basic things.
You know, a Seer, your powers go so far beyond just feelings and visions. You can harness and focus your gifts to see through time and space, to harness knowledge from the Universe, see past lives, gain and study from times and places afar. I know you met a Zen Master, that kind of thing, not portal part, but the rest of it... you can do that. Using fire or water or reflective surfaces to see through the world and realms."
Phoebe gaped. "Like seeing through a Crytal ball?"
"Cheesy, but yes, even if it isn't charmed or spelled, which by the way Dante can make one for you if you want, you can use them to see through and focus your powers."
"I never knew, my powers and the Book never came with instructions. I am the first with visions since Prudence Warren."
Kyra nodded. "Fair enough, but you have met Gypsies who have Divination as an art form. Anyone can harness that power, even mortals, but as a seer you can use them to magnify and focus your powers to an insane degree. Trust me, it is scary how much you can do with that stuff. I don't need it much anymore, but even Dante who has yet to tap into his full clairvoyant powers can see more than you do at times."
That made Phoebe scowl. "You seem to think an awful lot about him."
"I trained him, saved his life and I love him. Not just obsess, but really love. The whole Good and Evil crap, I never really bought into it thanks to my sight but since seeing and meeting him... I know better. The Greater good, that is a war we all fight for, and that is what he is loyal too. No being is above that, not on either side and frankly you girls are one of the biggest threats to the Greater Good I have seen."
"How the hell do you think that?"
"You would burn the world down for one sister, instead of saving the world at the price of a sister and with your powers... you really could burn the world down or at least do a lot of damage... but like I said earlier, that is neither here nor there. We are going to start with meditative practices to work on sensing my throwing marbles at you. When you can start catching them without your eyes open, from any angle, we will move onto other things."
"What does that teach?"
"It teaches you to harness intuition, focus your mind and open yourself to your powers beyond momentary visions. It will help you when it comes time to searching for visions. Now sit your ass down and let's get started, shall we?"
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Piper groaned as her club was filled with gyspies and witches, all casting a joined spell together. They were wafting sage around her club, thankfully the fire alarms were turned off for a moment, and whispering a joint spell under Dante's instructions.
"Blessed Sage, now do your deed.
Let evil intent, your powers impede
Protect this bar, let no evil be within this place
Envelop within, protect this hallowed space."
Before Piper could say so much as a momentary criticism, the room filled with a charged power and an energy field rippled across the room. "Wow... so... no evil can roam here?"
Dante smiled at her. "No evil intent can happen, it causes headaches, discomfort and more. It is a little trick of mine, I made for the Gyspy compounds when they asked me for protection, right after they saw you and you killed Orrin's son. Ava here realized that her home was vulnerable, that her people's homes were vulnerable, so she contacted Kyra with a spell and boom, I helped."
Ava, beautiful and tall, smiled at Piper. "I would have asked you but I didn't want to impose, you already did so much for us."
Piper waved off her worries. "It's fine, as Dante has recently taught me, we haven't been great about defense anyway... was there nothing in your family spell books?"
"Not, not at all. A bit short-sighted but most of our spells are on divination, which we agreed to write down for Dante as an agreement. Well not all of it, nothing major, just the basics of different forms of Gyspy magic. Wizards grow through knowledge and education, so we helped him gain power and he helped protect us in general."
Piper nodded, slowly. "I see...so.. this is your plan, Dante, get me friend and whatnot and help the Gypsies get jobs?"
He nodded. "Jobs, and the means to take care of themselves. They have no whitelighters, Piper, no familiars or other things. Without help, your help, they can't embrace stability or safety. This way you get allies, friends, and comrades and they get the means to help themselves. Plus more protection, which is always good."
"That... makes sense."
"You also get more people to learn from, speaking Paige is about to orb here, so Hi Paige!" He turned to the side, where Paige's orbs collected until she was present. "How was training?"
She giggled. "Epic, I was training with Daisy and she is amazing. She taught me how to orb faster, how to extend my senses and how to heal. Well, only the theory of healing, turns out my issue is that I have been too focused on the violence of my witch side. The warrior and not the guardian. By focusing on what made me a social worker, that compassion and decency, I can heal! Or well in theory, but it is helping my other whitelighter powers a lot! When I become a healer, Daisy wants me to help Ava with healing her people for the experience. Is that okay, Ava?"
Ava laughed. "It would be amazing, we fight evil too you know."
And for the first time Piper felt like just maybe... her life would not be ruled by magic, but improved by it... and that... was worth everything. Holding Wyatt, in her arms, she felt a sense of peace that she just hadn't had for... well since the moment she regained her magic. Reaching over, she grabbed Dante by his arm and pulled him into for the warmest hug, kissing his adorable face.
He smiled back at her. "Not that I mind, I love affection, but why?" She told him and that made his smile widen. "Well, I am glad you like it, Piper... I am just giving you the tools to make the most of your life. It is up to you to keep using it."
"I will... I promise."
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Chris grunted, his body slamming into the ground as Rain the Valkeryie stood up. "Are you sure I can learn this?" He asked, looking into the endless sky of Valhalla.
"We share some powers, you are good with moving things with your mind, but you need to learn to use that power to enhance your body's movement. It will make you stronger, sharper, more agile and that will give you a much greater advantage over the evils you came to this time to face."
He nodded, groaning. "I never could figure that out, I tried but... I never got the combat lessons that I should have."
"I care for you, Chris, but your plan had a lot of flaws, I am glad this Dante helped you figure things out."
"So do I... now... again. I need all the power I am going to get. Every single ounce of skill. I won't give up... ever."
"And that is why we are agreeing to help you... now... again!"
Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.
This was a joy to write.
Love, your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.
