"Have you found anything?" Phoebe asked Paige as she paced around the attic rug. Paige was swinging the crystal back and forth, holding one of Sirius's shirts.
"No, but I think you should try, he is somehow connected to you by your feelings."
Phoebe looked over at Paige and her eyes got large. She pointed a finger. "Not the time to talk about this, Paige."
"Sorry," Paige said. "But you really should try."
"Fine, give me the crystal." Phoebe started swinging it, and orbs filled the room. She stood up as Leo, Dakota, and the boys entered. Leo was smiling, but it faded as he saw their faces.
"What's wrong?" He looked around quickly. "Where's Piper?"
"Piper's fine, she's at the club. Sirius is gone." Paige winced at Harry's pale face.
"Have you found him yet?" Phoebe stood up and handed Paige the crystal. Paige went over and started again. Phoebe walked over and hugged him.
"We are going to find him, don't worry." She felt close to tears, then jumped.
Harry is standing in front of the creature, looking at him. Dakota is on the floor, passed out. Harry throws a potion but somehow it explodes, Mordent suddenly freezes, and Harry holds his hand out…
"What just happened?" Harry asked.
"I had a premonition. It was of you, Mordent, and Dakota. The vanquish exploded again, but you raised your hand?" Phoebe said, doubting what she had seen. Harry looked at her, also confused. The door opened and closed downstairs.
"HEY! Where is everyone?"
"Up here Piper!" Leo called out. He was looking worriedly at Harry, who was now over by page looking down at her search. Piper came into the room with Charlie. Ron smiled and ran over to say hi to his brother and explain what was happening. Charlie furrowed his brow, listening intently as the family all discussed what happened. Paige was still bent over the map, and Piper and Phoebe were over at the book.
Paige suddenly stood up. "Got it…oh no." Paige suddenly said.
"What?" Phoebe said, worry spread across her and Harry's face.
"You guys are gonna wanna see this?"
"What is it Paige?"
"I got a read out, but you aren't going to like it." Phoebe reached the map first and looked down, and Harry also did so.
"Oh, my god." Phoebe said.
"What is it?" Harry asked, confused, it was a normal address.
"That's Cole's apartment building." Phoebe said, looking down. Her face now showed sudden sorrow…
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"Why did you bring him here? I told you to keep him underground where he is protected from being found." Cole's anger was rising as he stood over the man who had punched him, now tied up and gagged. Mordent was cowering in a corner, looking at him.
"I need you to take him, so I can get the girl."
"You are very hasty, you are lucky they didn't vanquish you, luckily I was there to take care of that potion. You would be dead."
"Thanks for that, but I need the girl, she is the last of the line, I need to kill her."
"Yes, but we need to lure her, she is protected by the Charmed Ones."
"I thought you were going to help me."
"And I am, but I of course need to make sure we aren't caught." The elevator's doors dinged opened, and Cole lowered his voice. "I have no doubt that that's them, so you need to go." He waved his hand, and the man and Mordent disappeared. He raised the light just as Phoebe entered the room. She looked beautiful, her jeans cut off on her flip-flops and her blouse showed that she didn't have to work today. Her hair was strait, forming around her face. He gave her a welcoming smile. "You came alone, no one to beat me up?"
"Where is he Cole?"
"What are you talking about?" He tried to look curious. "Are you alright, you look pale?"
"I'm fine, where is Sirius, he was kidnapped by a demon today. Paige found Sirius when she scryed for him, and it was right here."
"Maybe somewhere else, I haven't seen any demon lately." He walked over and poured himself a drink. "I'll help you find him in any way I can." She stalked over to the door, pausing as she held the doorknob. She looked at him, and it hurt him the anger and pain she had towards him, the hatred of what he had become.
"Don't help, don't help me at all. I don't need your help. I need you to give me my nephew's godfather back. I need you to be the tiniest bit of the good you claim to be, and give him back to us. We need him. We need him back so we can go on, living with a bunch of people, and I need him. I understand you're jealous of him being in our house, but you need to get over it. You and I are over, and you took the one thing." She paused here, tears running down her face. "You took the one thing that's keeping me sane right now. Please give him back to our family." She opened the door, closing it and taking a deep breath as she walked over to the elevators and pressed the button to go down. Phoebe put her hands up to her face, covering her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Paige, come get me." Orbs filled the room and Paige smiled reassuringly.
"It didn't work?"
"No, he didn't break." Paige frowned; then held up a vial.
"Then we do it my way." Phoebe nodded.
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"Harry, are you going to be okay," Piper asked, looking at his pale face with worry. He was sitting on the couch in the attic, looking at the ground.
"These past few days have been the best of my life, I got a mom and a dad, it's what I have always hoped for, and I have always wanted a family like this. And I have two aunts who are great to back it up. But now it's impossible to be happy with Sirius gone. I'm worried about him. I just met him, but he is like a father to me also. I can't stand that he isn't here."
"Well, Paige has a plan; we will get Sirius back soon." She rubbed his back, and he leaned in to lay his head on her shoulder. "You know, I love you so much, and I barely even know you."
"I love you to, Mom." She hugged him, and he felt tears falling down his face. "I think I need some air," He said, standing up and running down the stairs. Piper wiped a tear away and Leo came up and hugged her.
"It's okay, we can fix this, we can fix this Piper." She pushed away from him in anger and frustration.
"How are we supposed to help him? He is out there upset, and hurt, and we can't help him at all. We are stuck not knowing what to do, and Phoebe says that Harry is the one to vanquish Mordent, and I don't know if I'm ready for him to face a demon. I mean, what if something happens to him? What am I supposed to do? I just found him, and now I am going to lose him all over again? It isn't fair, I feel horrible, and add that to the baby coming and me being worried about that, I am overwhelmed with things. How am I supposed to deal with this, I am so stressed out, and I can't believe all of this is happening to me. How is this happening to me?" Leo walked over, trying to calm her.
"Piper, everything always works itself out. Harry is thirteen, and with all the things he has overcome in his lifetime, don't worry about a demon. I think about all of the things we have to worry about, this is one of the least. I think our biggest problem right now is the fact that we have a girl and two boys who are thirteen and not related in one house. Really, we should want Dakota out, no offense to her. And we also have to worry about what we're going to do when Ron leaves, and what we are going to do with two sisters dating wizards."
"Two, I thought only Phoebe was getting a guy out of this?" Leo laughed a little, looking at Piper with an eyebrow raised.
"You don't know Charlie likes Paige?"
"Charlie likes Paige?"
"Yes, and I think that Paige will like him sooner or later, as well."
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Harry sat on the steps outside. He felt like his whole world was spinning around him. Sirius was gone, and his parents were worried. They were running against the clock, the social worker coming in two days. Someone sat beside him, and he looked up to see Dakota, looking out at the drive.
"I'm sorry, this is my entire fault."
"No, it really isn't, you can't help that someone is so in love with Aunt Phoebe that he hired Mordent to kidnap my godfather. It isn't your fault that Aunt Phoebe likes Sirius and vice versa. And, it isn't your fault that Mordent has this big vendetta against your family."
"Wow, you make it really hard for a person to guilty about something, you know that?" He laughed.
"Yeah, I have that effect on people. Don't worry about it, soon he will be dead, and if Phoebe's premonition is correct, we are the ones to try."
"Yeah, well, you've already saved my life once, so I guess another time is not much of a stretch." He smiled, looking at her. "So, your Piper's son, how mind blowing is that?"
"It is pretty mind blowing, considering I lived with three people I'm not related to for twelve years. I'm glad I have somewhere else to go for the summer, though, because I really didn't like those people" Dakota laughed.
"Well, I've studied the Charmed One's, they're pretty great people. I am honored to be staying with them. It's been entertaining, too. It also helps that there are kids my age around." They paused for a second, then they both slowly leaned forward and their lips met. Harry backed away, surprised that this had just happened. He barely knew her, and she looked just as confused as he did. She slowly regained composure, and looked at him. "Why don't we just forget that happened? We should not have let that happened." He nodded as they both backed away from each other. Dakota was blushing, and looking down at the ground, there was a very awkward silence, and then the door opened. Ron stood there, trying to force a smile. Dakota looked up, "Hey, what's up?"
"Their ready, Sirius is back at the apartment." Dakota smiled, and Harry quickly got up and walked inside. Dakota walked in after the boys, shutting the door Ron had left open as he ran after Harry.
"Boys." She said, and then felt someone grab her and by the arm.
"I found you." He whispered, and a piercing scream filled the air.
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Okay, today's is short, but only because I wanted to let you read the next part considering the fact that I will be leaving for the weekend at 4 a.m. tomorrow, so you won't be able to read a story till Monday. I will work on the story in the car, so I will give an update on Monday, I promise. And school is starting soon, so guess what, this story will be ending in about two or three chapters. Now, don't be mad. I will make story two, I promise, because of the way I will end story one. So be ready to yell for another one…this one will end with a looper. Okay, so I give you permission to give me bad reviews if you are angry with the 1895 worded chapter. Again, I am sorry for the short chapter. Have a great day, update on Monday.
