Chapter two
Henry's dark-lighter
When Wyatt got off the bus on February second he brought Preston the kindergarten area as usual. It was a typical school day, but it was also Wyatt's fourteenth birthday. When Wyatt reached the swings Kennedy and Dakota came running into his arms without warning, though he wasn't surprised. The girls had always been affectionate with Wyatt. Carter and Austin came around and patted Wyatt's shoulder wishing him a happy birthday.
After mortal school Wyatt followed the other school age children to magic school. He had Leo's White-lighter class. As Wyatt sat down he spotted a puff of magic levitation on his desk. He touched it and it floated up and transformed into a banner that said happy birthday Wyatt Matthew Halliwell. The other students clapped for him, most of them were his cousins since not many White-lighter children exist.
For supper Wyatt had arranged to take his friends out for supper, this was his birthday celebration. He took Chris as well as Kennedy, Dakota, Austin and Carter. He also took Claire, Olivia and Emily. Thankfully his magical friends and mortal friends got along. Though they had to be careful not to do any magic since Austin and Carter didn't know about magic. It was hard to avoid magic for Claire, Olivia and Emily because they're magic realm witches and not used to hiding their powers.
The next morning Paige and Henry were in the kitchen drinking coffee. All of the sudden a dark lighter shimmered in and pointed his arrow at Paige. Paige orbed out of the way taking Henry with her and they landed in the living room. Paige shouted for Piper as she orbed out of the again when an arrow was shot her way. Piper came running down the stairs and blew up the dark lighter before he had a chance to see her coming.
Later that day Paige was picking up the kids from the bus stop. When Henry got off the bus another dark lighter shimmered in and directed his arrow towards little Henry. Paige jumped in front of him and was hit by the poisons arrow. The dark lighter then shimmered out as Paige fell to the ground. Tamora and Wyatt kneeled down beside Paige and raised their hands above her wound after Henry Jr. removed the arrow. (White-lighter's cannot touch a dark lighter's arrow since it's designed to kill them. Together Wyatt and Tamora used their healing powers to heal Paige.
Paige was too weak to walk home so she had Kat orb her home. The children soon joined her through orbing and beaming. Piper, Henry, Coop and Prue came rushing over and helped Paige onto the house. Henry Jr. recalled what had happened making Paige sound like a true hero.
"He was after Henry, it was the same dark lighter that killed Kristina Peters" Paige informed.
Piper took the kids to magic school and took over Paige's class. Coop and Prue took the babies upstairs leaving Henry alone with Paige. Henry took Paige's hand and kissed it.
"I think we should find out why that dark lighter was after Kristina" Paige stated.
"Why can't Piper just blow him up and put it behind us?"
"He tried to kill our son, there must be a reason a dark lighter went after a mortal child."
"If Piper blow him up Henry will be the safe eight year old boy again"
"Henry a dark lighter attacked this morning what if he came for Henry?"
"Just get some rest we'll talk about this when you're feeling yourself again" Henry stated and kisses Paige's lips.
During supper that night everyone was quite, it was like they were waiting for the next attack. Paige was sitting right beside Henry Jr, and had Wyatt sitting on Henry's other side. Belle was sitting beside Patty hoping to get some food. In the middle of supper, when almost everyone was near done, Christy made an announcement.
"I want to thank you for making me a part of the family, giving me your trust and shelter for the past few years. However I feel that it's time for me to move out on my own."
"Are you sure" Phoebe asked surprised.
"Yes I'm free my episodes and I'm no longer a demon magnet. Besides I found a place near Billie so I'll have her if anything goes wrong"
"When do you leave" Piper asked
"Tomorrow" Christy replied.
The next day during the afternoon Andy, Leo and Coop helped Christy move her furniture into a rented moving truck. Some of the neighbours where watching curiously since not many people move during the winter. Meanwhile Tamora, Kat, P.J. and Melinda were playing in the back yard.
"I'm bored" Kat stated sitting in lawn chair that was covered in snow.
"Let's have a snow man building contest, you and me vs. Melinda and P.J." Kat suggested.
The girls agreed and discussed their plans for their snow mans. Meanwhile Paige and Henry were in the kitchen about to feed the babies lunch. They were the only adult's home at the time.
"I can't believe you" Henry stated placing Mackenzie in her high chair.
"What else can I do, this is our son" Paige stated placing Aria in her high chair.
"Going to the dark lighters for hire" Henry said placing Passion in her high chair.
"That's the plan what's so horrible" Paige asked placing Penny in her high chair.
"First of all it's in the demon market, second of all you're part white-lighter, aren't dark lighter arrows lethal to your kind" Henry asked grabbing the four baby trays of crackers off the counter.
"Yes they are but there are like four people here with healing powers" Paige stated taking two of the trays from Henry.
"What do you hope to accomplish, dying" Henry asked giving Makenzie and Passion their food trays.
"I want answers to why my son is being hunted down" Paige replied slamming a tray on Aria high chair.
"As if they would really tell you" Henry stated and left the room.
Paige slammed the last tray on Penny's high chair in anger. She then pulled out a chair at the table and seated herself. She put her hands together and placed them under her shin trying to keep her temper under control. The babies then took turns orbing the cracker on each other making a huge mess. Belle came along and gobbled up the broken crackers that had landed on the floor.
"You can clean them up" Paige shouted to Henry as she headed into the back yard to check on the twins, Melinda and P.J.
Outside it was time to begin the snowman building contest, the girls had decided Patty would be the judge. Melinda and P.J. took the time to build a huge round snow ball while Kat and Tamora orbed one into the backward from who knows where, they did the same with the second snowball. When it came to the heads it was too high up for the children to reach. So Melinda used her levitation power to levitate the head onto the snowman, Tamora lifted up Kat, with difficulty, who placed the head on top. Since the twins weighed the same Tamora dropped Kat who knocked her over as she fell, they both wounded up laughing.
Then it was time to decorate the snowmen. Melinda orbed Wyatt's childhood cowboy hat on the head. P.J. beamed some traditional button eyes, the buttons belonged to Prue. Melinda decided against the carrot nose and orbed on a piece of celery instead, celery that had been being used to make lunch. Piper opened the kitchen window and scolded them for stealing lunch. For the mouth P.J. beamed on beads that had letter on them, together they spelled happy. For the arms the girls stuck some markers together that Paris had been using. Inside Paris started looking around for them wondering why they had went then rolled her eyes and the babies assuming it was them. Their finishing touch was placing a coat and scarf on their snowman.
Tamora and Kat orbed a tooth brush on as the nose. Phoebe had been using the tooth brush and it took her a minute to realize it was gone, she shouted "kids you better not be brushing the dog's teeth with that or I swear to god I'll kill you." For the eyes Tamora and Kat added two pieces of cumber that Piper had been using, Piper again came to the window and this time shouted "Steal one more thing and your lunch is going to Belle." For the mouth the twins orbed a sock that Chris was about to put on his foot. Chris smiled and shouted "Joke's on you I haven't washed my feet in two months" Piper replied with "You're disgusting." Tamora and Kat added some robotic arms that they had taken on off a demon, then orbed a can of soda in one hand. That soda was being drank by Henry who shouted out the kitchen window "that was mine by the way thanks for asking."
Once both of the snowmen were done it was time for lunch. Not many of the family were in good moods with the twins, Melinda and P.J. After lunch the girls brought Paris out to pick which snowman was the winner.
"I like yours Tamora, Kat, because you didn't steal my markers" Paris declared and orbed back inside for warmth.
"That doesn't count we need a judge who we didn't steal from" Melinda stated.
"I like that one" Patty pointed to the snowman Tamora and Kat made.
"Ok that counts, you two are the winners" Melinda and P.J. admitted.
"You'll be replacing my tooth brush" Phoebe shouted out the kitchen window.
The following day Payton and Parker were in the magic proof room (Christy's old bedroom) helping their mothers clean up. They had been listening to their mother talk about an old desk in the attic they had no use for. This gave the girls an idea.
"Can we start a spy club in here with that old desk" Parker asked
"I guess that would be ok until we find a use for this room, but do not bud in to adult business and do not charge any" Prue agreed.
"In the basement there are some old chairs and other stuff, use what you want" Phoebe added following Prue out the room.
Parker and Payton ran down to the attic to see what they could find. This was either the first or second time they girls had been down in the basement, the last time was a few years back when Kat had turned everyone invisible. Down there they found seven chairs and also found a stack of paper, and Prue's old half used appointment book. They orbed/beamed two chairs at the desk and the other five side by side, as a waiting room, beside the door leading to the magic proof room, which had been magically added to the manor by the basement a few years ago to punish the magical kids when they were in trouble. (The children didn't really use magic to get out of punishments anymore which is why the adults needed to find a new use for the room.)
The girls used the home phone in the kitchen to call their classmates, they had gotten the children in their classes to write down their numbers in an address book Prue had given them. They called to let them know about their club and to come if anyone needed their services.
Throughout the day children came asking for their older siblings to be spied on or their younger siblings to be caught for crimes they had been accused of. Some even wanted their friends to be spied on. The girls did all his spying with Payton's astral projection power and had help from P.J.'s premonition power. It was the last costumer of the day who had a real problem.
It was Amelia Hortons, a six year old girl in Payton's first grade class at mortal school. Her younger brother had been kidnapped around a week ago and Amelia wanted Payton and Parker to find him. The girls made the promise, after all they were capable of finding missing children.
They knew scrying wouldn't work since this missing boy wasn't magical. Melinda couldn't sense anyone who wasn't a charge of hers or close to her either by family or friendship. P.J. tried but couldn't get a premonition. The girls didn't want to ask the adults since the whole point of their club was to do it on their own and with P.J. at times. They decided they needed help so they turned to Wyatt, the only one of the children who could help and wouldn't rat them out to the adults.
"Try a summoning spell" Wyatt suggested.
"They whole work on magical beings" Payton pointed out, she had recently learned that at her magic school witch class.
"Not the one I made myself"
"You're already making your own spells" Parker asked amazed.
"Yep I finished my witch training."
"Wyatt wrote down the spell on a piece of paper and gave it to Parker.
The girls headed up to the attic and locked the door behind them. Parker looked down at the paper trying to read Wyatt's messing printing. She couldn't make it out but Payton, who was used to Preston's bad printing, was.
"Magical or mortal, far or near, bring Ruben Horton here, through a portal."
What seemed like a silent hurricane appeared into the room knocking down potions and ingredients as well as other things in the room. The hurricane slowly lifted up and vanished when it was just above the head of a three year old boy. The boy looked very frightened and confused.
"Are you Ruben" Parker asked, the boy nodded.
Payton, who was more comfortable with the phone called Amelia and told her the good news. She and Parker then left the attic with Ruben and ran into the rest of the family who were all in the living room.
"Is this one of your clients" Phoebe asked playing along.
"No his sister was, our job was to rescue this boy from a kidnapper" Payton explained,
"What" Piper stated getting up?
"You rescue an actual missing child, we have to call the police and the boy's parents" Prue stated rushing to the kitchen for the phone.
After talking with the police Piper brought the boy home and told his relived parents she had seen him at a restaurant and knew he was missing due to seeing it on the news. At home Phoebe, Coop, Prue and Andy decided if the girls wanted to continue their club it would be best to include only those who weren't in serious trouble and tell an adult if anyone was in real danger. It wasn't really to protect the girls from harm since they could defend themselves. It just occurred to Prue that child superheroes rescuing missing children would catch too much attention and suspicions especially if it happened repeatedly.
It was decided the magic proof room would be for the children to use for whatever such as clubs or a quite place to think. Of course it was explained to the kids they would have to share the room and not get angry if it was in use when they wanted it. The kids agreed and were excited to have this room to use for whatever they wanted.
The next day Paige and Henry had an exciting announcement to make. So when everyone was seated at the table for dinner they shared it. It turned out Henry junior was destined to be a white-lighter after death. This was why the dark lighter was after Kristina when she pregnant with Henry junior, it was too kill Henry before he could even be born. It was also destined Henry would be the most powerful white-lighter ever.