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Everyone: My eight year old nephew stole my folder with this story in it. I know why and it is silly but will tell you anyway. He doesn't want Charmed and Harry Potter worlds to ever cross at all. I told him it was a popular thing and he refuse to believe me. The folder was under his bed where not even my dogs dare to go.
What is in Bold is past/memory/dreaming.
Chapter One:
Nightmares of Past
I woke up with a jolt. Nightmares of my mother's death plague my mind. I laid in my bed with tears forming in my eyes. "Dence?" I heard someone call. I look up and saw my grandfather there.
I push myself out of my bed and wrap my arms around him. "Grandpa, how is this fair?" I softly sob in to his shirt.
I felt his lips to the top of my head with a soft kiss. "It's not but for her we have to get up and live our lives." He told me softly. I look up to him and nod my head slightly. I understand what he means though I don't want to. "Get dress." He said walking out of my small room. It is part of the basement, Leo and Cole made it for me so I didn't have to keep sleeping with my mom.
I went to my dresser and changed then went out to the gross looking basement. I don't really like it down here but the half I am on is nice. Leo had put wooden floors down over the concrete ones and Cole and him put up walls making the huge basement half it's original size to make my room. In my room you forget it is part of the basement.
I walk up to the steps and as I got up the steps I saw Aunt Phoebe watering plants trying to stay busy. I get it so I left her be. I walk in to the hall and ran forward as Cole shimmer in to the house. Leo orb in right after him. "Oof." Cole softly groans when I tackle him in to a hug trying not to cry again.
"Dence." Leo said softly. I let go of my demon uncle with the black hair and hard eyes to hug the more expecting whitelighter. He wrap his arms around me and holds me close. Leo and Cole are closest things I got to a father figure. Gramps isn't around enough and Andy is dead. Andy is my father and he died right before me too.
New fresh of tears over came me. Leo just held me tighter as I cried. His light brown hair and soft eyes watch me as I pull away. "I am going to..-" I tried to hold back the sobs and fail. "I am going to Pip." I just said running upstairs. Getting to the upstairs bathroom I wash my face and then walk out to where Piper is doing her hair. "Pip?" I got her attention.
She got up and motion me to sit down in front of her vanity mirror. I went and sat down where she was letting her brush my hair. It's a soothing motion that is helping a little. After all of the knots and tangles were gone she kept brushing. "Piper, Honey..." Leo spoke softly from the doorway. "We have to go." She kept brushing my hair.
I know somewhere inside she was more broken up than she looks. "I don't wanna go."
"Why not?" He ask softly walking over to her. He softly pull her away from me. The soothing motion left.
She kept looking at me and spoke so soft I almost missed it. "Because if we go that'll mean that Prue's really not coming back," she is about to break her external act. "And I don't think I can handle that." She hasn't broke yet.
He softly spoke to her. "We can handle it together."
A soft sob left her as her as tried not to break down. "She's been there my whole life. Through, Dence's whole life. I've always had a big sister, Dence had a mother, and I don't know how to live without one."
Leo gave me a look that spoke volumes. "Darryl is downstairs." He hint that he wants me to leave. I nod my head walking down the hall.
Mom and I are walking down the hall heading to the stairs. "If you take that music class I will pay for your guitar." She told me as we walked down the stairs.
As we got down we turn to the kitchen as we heard tapping. We turn to see an envelop was thick and heavy, made of old looking yellowish parchment. The writing on it is emerald-green ink. There is no stamp on it. The envelop on back side had a purple wax seal with a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake surrounding a large letter H.
"What is that?" Piper ask walking in.
I flip it back to the other side again. "Miss Phoenix Prudence Halliwell. The Basement Hidden Room. 1329 Prescott Street, San Francisco United States." I read out. I am slightly freaking out. No one knows my middle name is really my first besides family.
Before I could open it. Phoebe came running in to the kitchen. "Come on." She sfop looking at me shock I am home. "You are suppose to be with Jasmine." She stated off hand in a rush.
"They are out of town. Only Darryl is in town." I told her confuse.
"Go upstairs and find out all you can on the demon Shax. We have an innocent to save." She look to mom and Piper who are ready to go.
I got down the stairs and push the memory that keep surfacing away. I saw the tall black man that I know so well standing at the bottom talking to Cole and they both look up to me. Darryl put his arm out to me letting me crash in to him in a tight hug. "Jazzy and Sheila will meet us there." He inform me. I nod my head and look to my uncle who let me hug him again. His blue shirt smells like Aunt Phoebe.
An arm was held out to me by Darryl. I took it and he brought me to his car. Sitting in the passenger side I look out the window trying not to let my mind to wonder. It is nearly impossible to do.
I ran upstairs but stop partly up yelling after them. "Be careful!" I heard the door slam shut. I went all the way up to the book of shadows leaving the unopen envelop by the book. About an hour past till I found the page. I read it over carefully.
Shax, The Source's Assassin Demonic hitman called out for only the top assignments by the Source.
Corporealizes out of wind and air. Method of attack is a ferocious blast of wind that can be lethal to it's victim.
With my ever presence pen and notepad I written the spell down. Just as I finish I heard yelling and saw Phoebe run in to the room. I hand her the paper and we ran down the stairs.
We heard someone scream as we go to the door and speed up down the stairs. Phoebe got there before I. I heard the crashing and was right behind her. "Is a demon of Evil winds that blows, that which forms below; no longer may you dwell, death takes you with this spell." Phoebe said the spell fast.
The gray blue guy start to groan and franting as if he's in serious pain. He then turn in to light like wind and went out the door. I ran pass Phoebe and a guy in a doctor's lab coat as he flew out the door and went straight to mom and Piper. "Leo!" I screamed as Phoebe turn to them too.
"Oh, no." she ran over to us. "Oh, God." She softly groan as I scream for Leo again. This time she screamed for him too. He came down in a hurry and I went to the Doctor guy I completely by pass to my mom and aunt.
As Leo heal them I look over the doctor making sure he was okay. "Oh, what happen?" I could hear Piper groan.
"You guys almost died that's what happen." Leo stated.
"Oh, what else is new?" She groan out.
Figures my mom is the one that though in pain gets down to business still. "Oh, where's shax?" She softly groan not wanting to move and I can understand it. She was thrown through a wall and was bleeding out a moment ago.
I turn to Phoebe as she answer her. "I tried to use the vanquishing spell on him, but I think it just wounded him. He turned into the wind." She answer my mom.
Piper looks aggravated and Mom looking deep in thought. "Then maybe the spell needs more than one witch to have its full impact." she softly groan again as she starts to get up. "Ow, come on." She said to Piper helping her up.
"Ow, come on where?" Piper ask in pain.
"To go find him and finish him off while he's still hurt." Mom stated like it was the most obvious thing. With a grunt she turn to Phoebe and me. "Look, you just stay here with Griffiths, all right?" She look between us. "If Shax comes back, say the spell to fend him off. All right? Ow!"
"Mom, be careful." I said softly in deep worry.
"We will." Piper said off handily. Something isn't sitting right with me though. They walk off to find Shax as we were stuck babysitting a full grown man.
We got out of the car and warm arms wrap around me pulling me to a dark skin girl my age. Her hair is up and she looks like she was crying. It wouldn't surprise me in truth. Mom was like a second mom to her and Mrs Sheila same to me.
"Dence, how you holding up?" The woman I just though of ask walking over to us.
I shrug my shoulders and look to Jasmine who refuse to let me go. "I am surviving. May I sit with you?"
Darryl looks surprise but Sheila saw it coming and nod her head. "Of course, Sweetie." She then motion us to start to walk up.
Jasmine pull me ahead to let the parents talk. "You look like you are about to blow something up." Jasmine whisper to me not wanting others to hear her.
I gave her a look and roll my eyes. "Not even my power." I grumble. She laugh though it wasn't her normal full of love and warmth one. This one sounds hallow and sad even, slightly force.
I lean to her resting my head on her shoulder. We all got in our places and I tried not to hear what the woman was saying as she talked. In front of us sat Leo then Piper and Grandpa. Grandpa sat between Piper and Phoebe with Cole at the end. Behind Grandpa sits Daryl and his wife behind Phoebe. I am sitting behind Piper and Jasmine is behind Leo.
I look between Leo and Phoebe still with bad feeling. "You okay, Dence?" Phoebe ask me. I shook my head. "What's wrong?" She ask as I tried not to concentrate to hard on it but the feeling just kept eating at me.
I sigh and shrug my shoulders. "I don't know I guess it's just a bad feeling." I then stretch upward looking to the man. "Would you like something to drink?" I ask him politely.
He glance to me and then nod his head in state of shock. "Water." He said as Phoebe lead him to the sun room. Piper and Mom came back. Piper got the water from me and brought it to him and I waited by the doorway. "Thank you." He said to her.
"Now you understand why you have to keep this a secret, why you can't tell anyone about us, about what you saw today." Phoebe is making sure this guy understands the would happens with betraying our secrets.
Mom cut in cause the man looks like he's not so sure. "If others knew, we wouldn't be able to do what we do anymore." she stated simply. "We wouldn't be able to help future innocents like we helped you." She is wording carefully. I don't blame her.
He nod his head. "No, no, I understand." then he starts to stutter. "I mean, I don't understand everything-" he rambles. "Demons, Witches, The Source." he took a dramatic gasp. "So much for my being an atheist." He tried to joke, I think. Everyone gave him same look and he look around then sigh softly. "Your secret is safe with me." He said evenly but something still isn't sitting right.
Phoebe lean over slightly and said softly. "Thank you."
"No, thank you." deep breath he had to take again. "You saved my life. The least I can do is protect yours." he stated and that seems truthful but still it's not sitting right. Why is it I can't seem to catch a break today with this feeling?
Phoebe look to him and knew he look like he's about to have a break down. She look to me and her other two sisters as she spoke to him. "Okay, I'll walk you to the door." He agreed and mom told him bye as they left.
"How'd it go?" Leo ask walking in. His light brown hair is a mess it seems like and he's wearing his normal clothes and a gray jacket. Both of the older two sisters said 'Ooh.' at the same time looking at him with the same expression making me smile.
"We dodged another bullet." Piper said carefully.
Mom look at the floor deep in thought. "Yeah, with him maybe."
Leo looks worried and Piper looks stern and aggravated at mom. "What do you mean?" He ask carefully.
Mom wiggle in her spot but stays careful with way she words things. "I don't know. I mean, something still bothers me about the way that we vanquished Shax. Like, I'm not so sure we really did."
Piper looks confuse as she spoke loudly to her normal voice. "What do you mean? He screamed, he went poof, just like they all do." she is recalling what has happen in a summary form. She then got happy looking up to Leo with a grin. "Third demon in a row, by the way, that I vanquished with my new power, but who's counting?" Leo smile down at her with affection I one day hope someone will have for me.
Mom is aggravated now. "Right, but if that's all that we needed, then why was there a vanquishing spell in the book? I mean, hasn't that always meant that our individual powers aren't enough?" she question everything out.
Phoebe walk in and stood beside mom as I walk in and stood on other side of her. "Except the book was written by witches with less powers than you guys have. They needed the spells." Leo cut her off and answer her questions.
Phoebe thought about it for a moment then spoke. "And, plus, I think if he was still alive, he probably would've attacked again by now."
"Unless he is trying to get his bearings and some power back, planning out his next move." I counter what Phoebe said and mom look to me with a ghost of a smile that I have her back and thinking things through.
Mom sigh and still worried. "Uh, you know, Leo, will you just check to make sure, please, with the Elders?" She put on an act to get the Whitelighter to agree even if he knew it was an act for her sisters.
"Oh blessed spirit we bid you a farewell. For what waits you is a new Destiny." The priestess said as she untied and place a rope into a cup then blew out the candles. Phoebe is crying in to a tissue and Cole comforting her. Piper in to Leo's shoulder. Her hand behind her chair holding mine as I cried with Jasmine.
Everyone stood up and Piper motion me to stand with them. I walked around the chairs and Priestess as she talked to Leo for a moment. Piper stood in front and people start to hug her and then went to Grandpa and finally Phoebe. Most either over looked me or gave me a weak smile or look.
I look to my uncles who stood off to the side as Darryl told Leo he had to go to work. Sheila and Jasmine went up hugging each of us then Sheila turn to me. "You will always have a bed in my home." She inform me. I nod my head.
As they walked away I saw a woman who looks familiar walk up to Phoebe. Her eyes stood out the most. "I am so sorry for your lost." She said softly. That voice, it softer than but sounds like a younger Grams.
I have to be imaging this. This isn't possible. Grams said our family normally dies out and she always hope that wih Mom and her sisters it doesn't do so. "How did you know Prue?" Phoebe ask. She looks surprise that Phoebe ask. "From work?"
Phoebe is trying to figure out how she looks familiar, I can tell. "No just from..." she is covering. "Just from around." She slightly shrug. "You know?"
Phoebe is connecting dots that I already saw. "Have we met somewhere before?" She ask softly.
The girl in white shook her head. "No I don't..." she is losing her cool. "No I don't think so." She took a deep breath and look my youngest aunt in to the eyes straight on. "Anyway, my condolences." She said.
Phoebe gave up sticking out her hand to shake and said "Thank you." When their hands touch she pull back with a pain expression. I know that look, premonition look.
At this time the woman ran off and everyone went to Phoebe helping her making sure she is okay. I made sure Aunt Phoebe was okay before running after the woman that was talking to said aunt. A man with pain and darkness inside of him but his feel is of love and warmth is the only one I saw walking out. I look around for the woman in white and red lipstick. Those brown eyes that are so familiar but can't place.
The man who I saw start to approach me but look lost of words and walk off. I went back in to see Piper push a vase of flowers off where they rest and fall shattering. "It's Prue's funeral, Damnit." She cried walking fast past me.
I look around and saw that Cole killed two hunters as I went after the woman. Gramps walk over to me giving me his arm. I took it and we went to a car to go home. My heart hurt as we pull away and fresh tears went down my face.
I don't think I can take much more of this.
He shrug his shoulder nonchalant. "No problem." he ensure her. He then made a kissy face at Piper as he orbed out with light blue and white lights.
Piper look to us then zoom in on Mom. "If you ask me, I think you're being paranoid. We kicked Shax's ass. We bad." she said then point at me. "You little Missy weren't there and feeding her paranoid." she said to me.
Mom took up ready to debate with this. "Yes, you are probably right." Mom defuse the could and would be explosive problem.
Phoebe look ready to jump off a limb and look between then. "Then, um, I'm hoping you won't need me around here for a while." she stated off hand looking between them with begging eyes. "I want to try a new potion on Cole, one that'll reverse the spell that turned him bad in the first place."
Piper went over protective sister mode as she place her hands on her hips and gave Phoebe a stern look. "Phoebe." she started.
Phoebe cut her off real fast. "I'm not looking for your approval, Piper. Just your support."
Mom is trying to be extremely careful cause not only Phoebe believes Cole about that but I do too and Mom knows it. "Well, Phoebe, it's sort of hard to give you support when you're just setting yourself up to get hurt again." I gave mom a look and she gave me the same look back as her silent defense.
"Cole is good." I said softly wrapping my arms around me carefully looking down.
"Cole is goo inside, I know it." Phoebe said for what feels like the millionth time. "And if dark magic did this to him, then how come white magic can't save him? I can't just turn my back. I have to try."
Piper gave in. "What do you want us to do?" She ask.
Phoebe pull out a piece of paper and fiddle with it as she talked. "I want you to use the magic-to-magic spell to send me down there. I reworded it to make it work." she hand it over to Piper.
Piper open it up carefully and start to look like she's regretting for start to give in. "Uh, Phoebe, that's awfully dangerous. If something goes wrong, we won't be able to contact each other."
Phoebe look to me with a victory smirk. "I'll be safe. I'll be with Cole, and Dence." she added the last part looking to Prue who gave her a stern look. "And he'll bring us back, so don't worry about that."
Mom then start to get aggravated glancing to me. I know she knew I am putting Phoebe up to bringing me with for extra help if needed. "You're banking a lot on that little potion of yours, you know." Mom stated as Piper try to figure out of this. I can read her features and she is trying really hard on figuring how to keep me and Phoebe both here.
"No, I'm not." she said shaking her head looking to me. She then look up to them. "I'm banking on Cole. The two older share a look then look down to me.
"I want to go see Uncle Cole." I said with hands up. "He isn't bad and I know that for a fact. My gut hasn't lied to me yet and I think bringing him back will be only good thing about today because my gut tells me so." Mom gave me a confuse look but Piper roll her eyes.
"What do you mean, Dence?" She ask softly.
I look to Piper and then Phoebe. "I have been having bad feelings all day and they just won't leave but the feelings aren't connected to Cole but to Shax and The Source." I told her. "I don't know how I know it is but it is." I shook my head. "It's stupid but I really believe it."
I must have fell asleep because next think I know is that Gramps is waking me up. "I would carry you but you are a little to big for that." He slightly tease me. I gave him a weak smile getting out. We walk up to the house and enter to what feels like another world.
Our home was invaded by people. Some I know and others I don't. I saw the man I saw earlier and saw him walk up to me this time. "Miss Prudence?" He ask with an accent I know but wasn't expecting.
"Dence." I correct him looking behind me where Leo put his hand on my shoulder.
"Moony, what are you doing here?" Leo ask shock by the man's presence.
I gave him a confuse look. "You know him?" I am confuse as can be.
"Lion, I am here on behalf of Dumbledor." The man started. "He wanted to come himself but something came up." He then look to me.
"Didn't he send a letter to her?" Leo ask as he squeeze my shoulder lightly. He isn't being protective but a loving uncle.
The man nod his head. "No reply and now I know why. I am sure she would like to hear first hand about it anyway."
I have a really good guess they are both talking about me. I place my hands on my hips with a huff. "Miss four foot nothing is standing right here and she does not like being talked about as if her presences is not here."
"You are four feet and three inches." Leo correct with a ghost smile. He knows I am aggravated at them and only then I get bossy or speak third person about myself.
I stuck my tongue out at him and then look to the man. "Dence," I heard Phoebe and saw her walk over to me. "Have you seen her, yet?" She ask. I shook my head, she sigh with my answer and walk off looking for the girl.
Leo look down to me then to the tall man that now I am looking at him I notice scars on his face but he's still quite attractive, for an older man. "You two can go down to the basement to talk. I will be down to check on you later. Dence, anything you want to talk to me about just call I'll be only an orb away." he spoke so soft that not many could hear and only if they were either standing on us or super hearing.
I nod my head and he kiss my forehead. I turn to the man real fast. "The letter is upstairs let me get it real fast." I said and ran up stairs as fast as I could. Once I got there I saw Piper getting ready to summon a spirit. "Just here to get a letter." I said walking pass her as she set the candles down and ran downstairs again. I showed him I got it and start to walk to the kitchen. He follow and I went downstairs with him not far behind me. We got down and I motion to a desk and a few chairs that is in the corner and went sitting on the desk cross-legged. He sat in one of the chairs looking to me as I start to open the envelop.
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