Well, here it is; Chapter 7. I really dreaded writing this chapter because
I knew it was going to be long. But since it is over and done, I am quite
proud of it. I didn't add everything to the Halliwell's past. But remember,
everything still happened. The senshi just aren't seeing it all.
No own Charmed or Sailor Moon.
mae: I actually did think long and hard about showing the Charmed Ones the recent past of the senshi but decided against it. I decided to add it in at a later time. And the whole Phoebe/Cole relationship isn't really going to exist. I know, I know.it would be nice to have them together in this but I can't really write about their relationship as well as I can Piper and Leo's. But please don't stop reading because of that! Besides, there won't be much time for romance once the REAL action starts!!!! *evil laughter*
This chapter is dedicated to Rorybabe. She encourages me through everything and bugs my about updating. She's a sweetie and my other little sister...even if she isn't a witch! ^_^ And remember, hon, Leo will take you orbing whenever you feel like it. Love ya!
Thanks to everyone else for reviewing! I really love all of you! Your reviews really make my day!!
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After Paige's comment about the Charmed Ones having something like what Usagi just did, everyone got quiet; really quiet.
"Um, Paige, honey, we don't have powers like that," Piper said looking at Paige with concern in her eyes.
"Well, duh! I know that!" Paige snorted in laughter. "Too bad, right? What a cool power!!"
Silence once more; everyone looking at the youngest Halliwell sister.
Paige cleared her throat. "Yeah, um, anyway." She looked at Piper and Phoebe who were trying hard not to laugh. She glared at them then continued. "We *are* witches!! I mean, come on! We have the Book of Shadows!"
"Yeah, at home!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Which is just an orb away!"
"Hush, you two!" Piper cut off the bickering. "Paige is right. Leo can orb to the Manor, get the Book of Shadows and orb back here. While he does that, I think we should talk to our friends here."
The sisters looked at the senshi and the two cats that were eyeing them. Leo nodded and was gone a swirl of lights. Silence reigned over the room again. Piper noted to herself that silence seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
Minako was the first to speak. "You guys are...witches?"
The three nodded slowly.
"But," Makoto said. "Where are the pointy hats and crooked noses? And what about the flying on brooms thing?! And none of you are green!"
Piper shot a look at Phoebe, who just grinned sheepishly.
"That's just rumors," Paige said, grinning at Phoebe.
"Back."
Everyone looked to Piper's right and saw Leo standing there with a heavy book in his arms. "I got it," was all he said, putting the book in front of his wife.
Piper nodded and pushed the book over to Phoebe. "Okay, Phoebe. You do the lookin', we'll do the splainin'."
Paige giggled at the reference to the TV show "I Love Lucy" then grew serious. "Basically, we're three sisters who are witches that save innocents from demons and junk."
"Do you say spells all the time?" Ami asked.
Piper shook her head. "Not every time. But we do most of the time. To really kill or vanquish a demon we have to do a vanquishing spell. But if the demon is a lower level one, I can just blow it up."
Silence.
"Found something!"
Everyone looked at Phoebe, who was proudly pointing to a page in the book.
Paige and Piper scooted over to her and looked at the page.
"To View the Past," Phoebe read. "All it says is to say the spell, inserting the number of people," she looked at Luna and Artemis. "Or creatures into the spell and they will see the past of the people saying the spell. No one will be able to see them or hear them. So it works just like Usagi's spell."
Usagi's mouth dropped open. "And that will work?"
"Why not?" Paige asked, smiling. "We've done stuff like this so many times that it's become second nature to us."
"As well it should be," Leo said. "You've had it in you your entire lives."
Piper smiled at her husband then looked back at the senshi and their cats. "Okay, everyone get together. Let's get this started."
Minako picked up Artemis and Usagi picked up Luna as they grouped together in the middle of the room. Usagi looked over at Rei, who gave a small smile. Smiling back, the Moon Princess nodded to the three witches in front of them.
"Spell away," she said with as much confidence as she could muster.
"All right. Let's start." Piper, Paige, and Phoebe clasped hands and started the spell.
*"The present is the here and now
Just as it all should be.
But these seven who stand here
The past they want to see.
Send them on our path of life
Through the good and through the bad.
Let them see what we have seen
No matter how terrible or sad."*
The senshi disappeared in a swirl of small white lights. Usagi closed her eyes and opened them only when she heard Rei gasp. When she opened them, she and her friends were in a room that was bathed in sunlight.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"Prue! Piper!" An older woman walked in the room, clearly looking for someone. "Girls! It's time to leave!"
"Coming, Grams!"
The senshi turned to the small voice and watched as two young girls ran toward the older woman. The oldest one was no more than five and the other one was around three.
"Where we gowing, Gwams?" the younger one asked.
Grams smiled and patted her on the head. "Where ARE we going, Piper dear."
The senshi all gasped as one.
"Aww!" Usagi said. "She's so cute!"
"Who's the other one?" Makoto asked.
At the shrug from the others, Makoto looked back at the scene in front of her.
Piper was smiling and jumping up and down while the older girl was just standing there grinning.
"We have a baby sister!" Piper was saying over and over again.
Grams smiled and picked Piper up. "Prue, go and get your coats and we'll go to the hospital to see your mommy and baby sister, Phoebe."
The one Grams called Prue ran out of the room and returned with two small coats. "Here, Grams. Let's go!"
As the three walked out the senshi were covered in white lights again and they appeared again in another room of the house; the kitchen.
The three girls were sitting at the table, just older. Prue looked seven, Piper, five and the little one in the booster seat that had to be Phoebe was two.
They were all eating spaghetti; or in Phoebe's case, trying to. A pretty woman walked in and picked Phoebe up.
"Girls, I've got to go out for just a second. I'll be right back. Grams will be home soon so I don't want you to leave the house, okay?"
"'Tay, Mommy," Piper said, not looking up from her plate as she tried to scoop some noodles onto her fork.
"Prue, watch them for me, okay big girl."
"I will Mommy." Prue jumped up and hugged her. "I love you!"
"I love you, too. Piper?"
Piper looked up, grinned, and ran over to her, hugging her. "Bye, Mommy. Be home in time to tuck me in!"
"I will, honey. I love all of you." She put Phoebe back in her chair and left, glancing back one last time before she closed the front door.
Nothing happened for around ten minutes. Usagi was starting to wonder if the spell had messed up or something. 'Are we going to be stuck like this forever?' she thought.
But the opening of the front door interrupted her thoughts. Grams ran into the kitchen, looking around.
"Hi, Gwams!" Phoebe said, flinging her fork up and slinging spaghetti on the walls.
"Prue, dear, where is your mother?" Grams asked, not even looking at the other girls.
"She went out just a few minutes ago. She said she had to do something. She didn't say what."
Grams gasped and ran out of the room. "Patty! Patty! Where are you? Are you here?"
The young girls watched all this with wide eyes.
"Prue, what's wrong with Grams?" Piper asked.
Prue shrugged. "I dunno. She looks upset."
"Was Mommy bad?" Phoebe asked softly.
"No, honey," Prue said, sounding very mature for her age. "Mommy is fine."
"Girls," Grams was back in the kitchen. "Stay here. I've got to go find your mommy."
The senshi were engulfed in the white lights again as Grams left the girls in the kitchen. The next scene was a sad one; that much was obvious from the start. Grams was at the kitchen table, crying and wearing a black dress.
"Oh no," Ami said softly.
"Grams!" Little Piper ran into the kitchen. She was also in a black dress. "Where's Mommy, Grams?" She climbed onto her grandmother's lap. "Why isn't Mommy here?"
Grams sniffed and pulled Piper closer. "Your Mommy is gone, dear heart."
"When will she be back?"
"She will never be back."
"But-"
A man walked into the kitchen and picked Piper off Grams' lap. "Piper, Mommy is dead. She is never coming back."
Piper just stared at the man. "But, why, Daddy? Why did she die?"
The man hugged her. "I don't know, honey. I don't know."
White lights again. And the senshi were still in the kitchen but the girls were older again. Pure looked to be 10. She was sitting at the table, reading a book while she ate some cereal. An eight year old Piper ran in with Phoebe behind her.
"Grams is taking us to the fair!" Piper said.
Prue looked up, excitement clearly on her face. "Really?"
Phoebe nodded and skipped over to her oldest sister. "Yeah, and we get to stay all day and eat cotton candy!"
Prue jumped up. "Let's go! The fair is the best place for cotton candy."
Time jumped forward again and the senshi were at the foot of the stairs. Piper was kneeling over a fallen Grams. The girl, no young woman, looked to be around 25.
"Grams?" Piper's hands were shaking. "Grams!?" She sniffed and grabbed her grandmother's hand. "Prue! Phoebe!"
Running was heard and Prue and Phoebe, both much older than on the last scene, ran in.
"Oh my God!" Prue yelled. "Phoebe, call 911!" She knelt beside Piper. "Grams? Grams, wake up!"
More white lights and the senshi saw Piper sitting on the stairs, crying into her hands. Prue was beside her, trying to console her younger sister.
"It was a beautiful service, Piper. Grams would have loved it."
"Yeah," Piper sniffed. "But what now, Prue? Grams is the one that held us together. Now she isn't here and we are left alone!"
Prue put an arm around her sister's shoulders and hugged her. "We'll work it out, honey. I promise."
When time jumped again the senshi were in a room they hadn't been in before; the attic. Phoebe was in the middle of the room, reading from the Book of Shadows.
"Bring your powers to we sisters three. We want the power. Give us the power!"
Right as she finished sparkles swirled around her like a tornado. She stood there, clutching the book to her chest, eyes wide. "Oh, my gosh. What have I done?"
The next scene was confusing at first. The sisters were older, but not by much, and were fighting something that resembled a yoma that the senshi would fight but it seemed..really dangerous.
Prue squinted her eyes and the thing flew back and hit a wall, cracking it. It scrambled up and started toward the sisters again.
"Freeze it, Piper!" Prue yelled.
Piper threw up her hands and froze the thing. Phoebe gave a sigh of relief.
"Well, that gives us some time."
"But not much," Piper said. "I still don't have enough control over my power."
Prue grunted. "If only you saw more in your premonition, Phoebe. We need to get a handle on these powers fast."
Another swirl of lights and the senshi were in the same place but this time, Prue and Piper were on the floor, bleeding. Suddenly, Leo appeared and put his hands over Piper, healing her. But when he turned to do the same thing to Prue, nothing happened.
"Leo?" Piper whispered. "Why isn't anything happening? What's going on?"
Leo just stayed there, looking stunned. "I can't heal her, Piper. She's...dead."
Usagi gasped and felt tears well up in her eyes. That explained why they hadn't met Prue.
Another swirl and Piper and Phoebe were standing in the foyer with Paige, who had brown hair, in front of them.
"So, according to our mom," Phoebe was saying. "She had an affair with her whitelighter, had you, knew she did wrong, and took you to the church where you were adopted."
"Whitelighter?" Paige just stared at them. "I have no idea what you are talking about. One day I'm a normal person with a normal job and the next, I'm a witch with two long lost sisters?"
The scene faded and the senshi were back in Rei's room. In front of them, Piper's head was in Leo's lap and she was obviously asleep. Phoebe was curled into a ball at Piper's side, slightly snoring, and Paige was on the other side of Piper, her head on her oldest sister's stomach. And Leo had his head resting on the wall behind him, his mouth open as he slept soundly.
The senshi and the two cats just looked over the four Americans.
"They've had a rough life, haven't they?" Minako whispered.
The other senshi nodded.
"We'll finish this discussion tomorrow. They've also had a long day. Let's let them sleep."
To be continued..
If anyone caught the "rumor thing about witches" that the sisters were talking about. kudos to you! I just thought I'd add that in there. ^_~
Also, if any one can find the "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail" quote I will dedicate the next chapter to you. Look carefully, it's hard to find.. And it's tricky.but after I typed it I kept saying it over and over again. *hint* It's near the beginning before the sisters are grown..
No own Charmed or Sailor Moon.
mae: I actually did think long and hard about showing the Charmed Ones the recent past of the senshi but decided against it. I decided to add it in at a later time. And the whole Phoebe/Cole relationship isn't really going to exist. I know, I know.it would be nice to have them together in this but I can't really write about their relationship as well as I can Piper and Leo's. But please don't stop reading because of that! Besides, there won't be much time for romance once the REAL action starts!!!! *evil laughter*
This chapter is dedicated to Rorybabe. She encourages me through everything and bugs my about updating. She's a sweetie and my other little sister...even if she isn't a witch! ^_^ And remember, hon, Leo will take you orbing whenever you feel like it. Love ya!
Thanks to everyone else for reviewing! I really love all of you! Your reviews really make my day!!
^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
After Paige's comment about the Charmed Ones having something like what Usagi just did, everyone got quiet; really quiet.
"Um, Paige, honey, we don't have powers like that," Piper said looking at Paige with concern in her eyes.
"Well, duh! I know that!" Paige snorted in laughter. "Too bad, right? What a cool power!!"
Silence once more; everyone looking at the youngest Halliwell sister.
Paige cleared her throat. "Yeah, um, anyway." She looked at Piper and Phoebe who were trying hard not to laugh. She glared at them then continued. "We *are* witches!! I mean, come on! We have the Book of Shadows!"
"Yeah, at home!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Which is just an orb away!"
"Hush, you two!" Piper cut off the bickering. "Paige is right. Leo can orb to the Manor, get the Book of Shadows and orb back here. While he does that, I think we should talk to our friends here."
The sisters looked at the senshi and the two cats that were eyeing them. Leo nodded and was gone a swirl of lights. Silence reigned over the room again. Piper noted to herself that silence seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
Minako was the first to speak. "You guys are...witches?"
The three nodded slowly.
"But," Makoto said. "Where are the pointy hats and crooked noses? And what about the flying on brooms thing?! And none of you are green!"
Piper shot a look at Phoebe, who just grinned sheepishly.
"That's just rumors," Paige said, grinning at Phoebe.
"Back."
Everyone looked to Piper's right and saw Leo standing there with a heavy book in his arms. "I got it," was all he said, putting the book in front of his wife.
Piper nodded and pushed the book over to Phoebe. "Okay, Phoebe. You do the lookin', we'll do the splainin'."
Paige giggled at the reference to the TV show "I Love Lucy" then grew serious. "Basically, we're three sisters who are witches that save innocents from demons and junk."
"Do you say spells all the time?" Ami asked.
Piper shook her head. "Not every time. But we do most of the time. To really kill or vanquish a demon we have to do a vanquishing spell. But if the demon is a lower level one, I can just blow it up."
Silence.
"Found something!"
Everyone looked at Phoebe, who was proudly pointing to a page in the book.
Paige and Piper scooted over to her and looked at the page.
"To View the Past," Phoebe read. "All it says is to say the spell, inserting the number of people," she looked at Luna and Artemis. "Or creatures into the spell and they will see the past of the people saying the spell. No one will be able to see them or hear them. So it works just like Usagi's spell."
Usagi's mouth dropped open. "And that will work?"
"Why not?" Paige asked, smiling. "We've done stuff like this so many times that it's become second nature to us."
"As well it should be," Leo said. "You've had it in you your entire lives."
Piper smiled at her husband then looked back at the senshi and their cats. "Okay, everyone get together. Let's get this started."
Minako picked up Artemis and Usagi picked up Luna as they grouped together in the middle of the room. Usagi looked over at Rei, who gave a small smile. Smiling back, the Moon Princess nodded to the three witches in front of them.
"Spell away," she said with as much confidence as she could muster.
"All right. Let's start." Piper, Paige, and Phoebe clasped hands and started the spell.
*"The present is the here and now
Just as it all should be.
But these seven who stand here
The past they want to see.
Send them on our path of life
Through the good and through the bad.
Let them see what we have seen
No matter how terrible or sad."*
The senshi disappeared in a swirl of small white lights. Usagi closed her eyes and opened them only when she heard Rei gasp. When she opened them, she and her friends were in a room that was bathed in sunlight.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"Prue! Piper!" An older woman walked in the room, clearly looking for someone. "Girls! It's time to leave!"
"Coming, Grams!"
The senshi turned to the small voice and watched as two young girls ran toward the older woman. The oldest one was no more than five and the other one was around three.
"Where we gowing, Gwams?" the younger one asked.
Grams smiled and patted her on the head. "Where ARE we going, Piper dear."
The senshi all gasped as one.
"Aww!" Usagi said. "She's so cute!"
"Who's the other one?" Makoto asked.
At the shrug from the others, Makoto looked back at the scene in front of her.
Piper was smiling and jumping up and down while the older girl was just standing there grinning.
"We have a baby sister!" Piper was saying over and over again.
Grams smiled and picked Piper up. "Prue, go and get your coats and we'll go to the hospital to see your mommy and baby sister, Phoebe."
The one Grams called Prue ran out of the room and returned with two small coats. "Here, Grams. Let's go!"
As the three walked out the senshi were covered in white lights again and they appeared again in another room of the house; the kitchen.
The three girls were sitting at the table, just older. Prue looked seven, Piper, five and the little one in the booster seat that had to be Phoebe was two.
They were all eating spaghetti; or in Phoebe's case, trying to. A pretty woman walked in and picked Phoebe up.
"Girls, I've got to go out for just a second. I'll be right back. Grams will be home soon so I don't want you to leave the house, okay?"
"'Tay, Mommy," Piper said, not looking up from her plate as she tried to scoop some noodles onto her fork.
"Prue, watch them for me, okay big girl."
"I will Mommy." Prue jumped up and hugged her. "I love you!"
"I love you, too. Piper?"
Piper looked up, grinned, and ran over to her, hugging her. "Bye, Mommy. Be home in time to tuck me in!"
"I will, honey. I love all of you." She put Phoebe back in her chair and left, glancing back one last time before she closed the front door.
Nothing happened for around ten minutes. Usagi was starting to wonder if the spell had messed up or something. 'Are we going to be stuck like this forever?' she thought.
But the opening of the front door interrupted her thoughts. Grams ran into the kitchen, looking around.
"Hi, Gwams!" Phoebe said, flinging her fork up and slinging spaghetti on the walls.
"Prue, dear, where is your mother?" Grams asked, not even looking at the other girls.
"She went out just a few minutes ago. She said she had to do something. She didn't say what."
Grams gasped and ran out of the room. "Patty! Patty! Where are you? Are you here?"
The young girls watched all this with wide eyes.
"Prue, what's wrong with Grams?" Piper asked.
Prue shrugged. "I dunno. She looks upset."
"Was Mommy bad?" Phoebe asked softly.
"No, honey," Prue said, sounding very mature for her age. "Mommy is fine."
"Girls," Grams was back in the kitchen. "Stay here. I've got to go find your mommy."
The senshi were engulfed in the white lights again as Grams left the girls in the kitchen. The next scene was a sad one; that much was obvious from the start. Grams was at the kitchen table, crying and wearing a black dress.
"Oh no," Ami said softly.
"Grams!" Little Piper ran into the kitchen. She was also in a black dress. "Where's Mommy, Grams?" She climbed onto her grandmother's lap. "Why isn't Mommy here?"
Grams sniffed and pulled Piper closer. "Your Mommy is gone, dear heart."
"When will she be back?"
"She will never be back."
"But-"
A man walked into the kitchen and picked Piper off Grams' lap. "Piper, Mommy is dead. She is never coming back."
Piper just stared at the man. "But, why, Daddy? Why did she die?"
The man hugged her. "I don't know, honey. I don't know."
White lights again. And the senshi were still in the kitchen but the girls were older again. Pure looked to be 10. She was sitting at the table, reading a book while she ate some cereal. An eight year old Piper ran in with Phoebe behind her.
"Grams is taking us to the fair!" Piper said.
Prue looked up, excitement clearly on her face. "Really?"
Phoebe nodded and skipped over to her oldest sister. "Yeah, and we get to stay all day and eat cotton candy!"
Prue jumped up. "Let's go! The fair is the best place for cotton candy."
Time jumped forward again and the senshi were at the foot of the stairs. Piper was kneeling over a fallen Grams. The girl, no young woman, looked to be around 25.
"Grams?" Piper's hands were shaking. "Grams!?" She sniffed and grabbed her grandmother's hand. "Prue! Phoebe!"
Running was heard and Prue and Phoebe, both much older than on the last scene, ran in.
"Oh my God!" Prue yelled. "Phoebe, call 911!" She knelt beside Piper. "Grams? Grams, wake up!"
More white lights and the senshi saw Piper sitting on the stairs, crying into her hands. Prue was beside her, trying to console her younger sister.
"It was a beautiful service, Piper. Grams would have loved it."
"Yeah," Piper sniffed. "But what now, Prue? Grams is the one that held us together. Now she isn't here and we are left alone!"
Prue put an arm around her sister's shoulders and hugged her. "We'll work it out, honey. I promise."
When time jumped again the senshi were in a room they hadn't been in before; the attic. Phoebe was in the middle of the room, reading from the Book of Shadows.
"Bring your powers to we sisters three. We want the power. Give us the power!"
Right as she finished sparkles swirled around her like a tornado. She stood there, clutching the book to her chest, eyes wide. "Oh, my gosh. What have I done?"
The next scene was confusing at first. The sisters were older, but not by much, and were fighting something that resembled a yoma that the senshi would fight but it seemed..really dangerous.
Prue squinted her eyes and the thing flew back and hit a wall, cracking it. It scrambled up and started toward the sisters again.
"Freeze it, Piper!" Prue yelled.
Piper threw up her hands and froze the thing. Phoebe gave a sigh of relief.
"Well, that gives us some time."
"But not much," Piper said. "I still don't have enough control over my power."
Prue grunted. "If only you saw more in your premonition, Phoebe. We need to get a handle on these powers fast."
Another swirl of lights and the senshi were in the same place but this time, Prue and Piper were on the floor, bleeding. Suddenly, Leo appeared and put his hands over Piper, healing her. But when he turned to do the same thing to Prue, nothing happened.
"Leo?" Piper whispered. "Why isn't anything happening? What's going on?"
Leo just stayed there, looking stunned. "I can't heal her, Piper. She's...dead."
Usagi gasped and felt tears well up in her eyes. That explained why they hadn't met Prue.
Another swirl and Piper and Phoebe were standing in the foyer with Paige, who had brown hair, in front of them.
"So, according to our mom," Phoebe was saying. "She had an affair with her whitelighter, had you, knew she did wrong, and took you to the church where you were adopted."
"Whitelighter?" Paige just stared at them. "I have no idea what you are talking about. One day I'm a normal person with a normal job and the next, I'm a witch with two long lost sisters?"
The scene faded and the senshi were back in Rei's room. In front of them, Piper's head was in Leo's lap and she was obviously asleep. Phoebe was curled into a ball at Piper's side, slightly snoring, and Paige was on the other side of Piper, her head on her oldest sister's stomach. And Leo had his head resting on the wall behind him, his mouth open as he slept soundly.
The senshi and the two cats just looked over the four Americans.
"They've had a rough life, haven't they?" Minako whispered.
The other senshi nodded.
"We'll finish this discussion tomorrow. They've also had a long day. Let's let them sleep."
To be continued..
If anyone caught the "rumor thing about witches" that the sisters were talking about. kudos to you! I just thought I'd add that in there. ^_~
Also, if any one can find the "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail" quote I will dedicate the next chapter to you. Look carefully, it's hard to find.. And it's tricky.but after I typed it I kept saying it over and over again. *hint* It's near the beginning before the sisters are grown..