Well, Chapter 16 is finally here! I know it's been a really long time since
I last updated. And I apologize for that. I had a huge writer's block. It
was gross. Ew!
I wanna thank Rorybabe for helping me out with this chapter. You're probably thinking you didn't do a thing but you did. You read what I had and urged me on. I probably wouldn't have written for a while longer if it wasn't for you! ^_~
Just a little side note; I got this idea for the chapter at 2 in the morning. So what did I do? Got up and type it out!!! Of course, I didn't get to bed until 3 am and I had to be up at 6 but oh well...you do what you have to do!!
Also: If anyone would like to write a Gilmore Girls fic/crossover thingy with me contact me! Right now I am soooo into Luke and Lorelai it isn't even funny! Just keep that in mind!
No own Charmed. No own Sailor Moon. No own anything but clothes on back. *looks down* Dang I need new clothes.
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Right as Paige orbed out of Phoebe's room, Piper clung to her sister. "Phoebe, you won't leave me, will you?"
"Oh honey," Phoebe murmured. "Paige is coming back. I promise. 'She' promised."
Piper shook her head. "Promises don't matter. Prue promised she wouldn't leave us and she did. She left and never came back."
Phoebe pulled her older sister in for a hug. "She didn't have a choice in the matter, Piper. If she had then she would still be here right now."
"But I miss her and I need her so bad," Piper sniffed. "And then Leo left and now Paige."
Phoebe just closed her eyes as she held her sister close.
Piper had finally drifted off into a restless sleep when Paige got back. Phoebe smiled at her younger sister. "How are things?"
"Terrible," Paige muttered softly as she sat on the bed next to Phoebe. She looked at Piper, who was sleeping with her head in Phoebe's lap and her hands pulled up to her chest. "How is she?"
"The same," Phoebe answered. "She broke down right after you left but I calmed her down and she fell asleep. But she's still restless." The sisters looked down at Piper as the witch started muttering in her sleep and crying.
Paige frowned. "I hate this, Phoebe. Can't we do anything to help her?"
"I don't know, Paige. I think if she would just talk to us it might help a little. But she won't. She just keeps it inside."
"Why?"
"My guess is that she doesn't want to worry us. But she doesn't realize that we are worried even more with her not telling us."
"So what do we do?" Paige asked quietly.
Phoebe glanced down at Piper, her eyes filling with tears. "I don't know."
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Usagi turned over with a groan as her communicator started beeping. Why did it always do that at night when she was having trouble getting to sleep anyway?
She cracked open her eyes and sat up. She fumbled around for the communicator for a little, trying to locate it on the floor of the outers' living room. She was lying on the sofa and trying to get to sleep but it seemed that evil couldn't wait.
She quickly answered the communicator. "Usagi, here."
"Usagi-chan, this is Paige."
"Paige?" Usagi asked sitting up even more. "What's wrong?"
"I'm really sorry if I woke you. We just didn't know what else to do." Paige paused and Usagi could tell she was holding back tears. "It's just....Piper's gotten worse. I mean, in the past hour since I left you at the outers' place, she's gotten to where she won't even talk to me or Phoebe. And Leo's not back yet and she just cries."
Usagi made shushing noises. "Calm down, Paige. Orb over here and get me and then we'll talk."
"Okay," Paige whispered. "I'll be over in a sec."
Usagi turned off the communicator and stood up, grabbing her shoes right as Paige orbed in. The witch's face was red from crying and Usagi could see the worry in the young woman's eyes.
"We need to hurry," Paige said. "Piper started crying even harder when I left."
Usagi nodded and let Paige grab her arm and they disappeared in a swirl of lights.
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"Rei can help," Usagi said as she glanced at Piper.
"How?" Phoebe asked, holding Piper's hand while the young witch slept.
"Remember how I told you that all of us got new powers just recently?" At the nod from the sisters Usagi continued. "Rei received a power to enter people's minds and find what is bothering them and how to fix it if it is fixable."
Paige and Phoebe stared at her. "Are you serious?" Phoebe asked, her eyes wide.
"Hai," Usagi said. "She has used it a couple of times but she won't tell me or the others what she sees. But maybe she will be willing to help."
"But," Paige started. At a glance from the moon princess she continued. "What about how she and the others are acting."
"I won't go with you. I don't want to get in the way."
Paige and Phoebe nodded. "Do you think we could go now?" Phoebe asked, gripping Piper's hand a little tighter.
"I don't see why not," Usagi stated. "Something's making her act weird toward the senshi, not you." Usagi glanced at the clock. It was after 7 am. "Besides, she's probably up by now."
Phoebe stood up. "Then it's settled. Let's orb over to the shrine and see if Rei will be willing to help."
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Rei grumbled in annoyance when a knock sounded at the door to her room. She turned over on her side, trying to block out the sound. But that didn't help. She pulled the covers over her head as another knock rang through the room.
"Go away," she muttered darkly.
"Rei?"
That sounded like Phoebe. Rei sat up, her eyebrows raised in confusion. Why would Phoebe be here now?
Rei didn't pause to answer her own question but got up and turned on the light before she opened her door. And there stood Phoebe and Paige with Piper between them, sobbing quietly.
Rei just stared at them in shock. "What's wrong?"
"We woke you, didn't we?" Paige asked softly.
Rei just shrugged. "It's fine." She looked at Phoebe. "Well?"
"It's Piper," Phoebe said. "We need your help."
A few minutes later Rei looked over at Piper, who was still sobbing and clinging to Paige and Phoebe. "She's been like this since what time?"
"5 this morning," Paige said.
Rei took in the older woman's shaking hands, her bloodshot eyes, and her tearstained cheeks. "I'll help," Rei said softly. "I'll just need you to help her relax."
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Rei blinked as her mind's eye grew accustomed to the small amount of light. Her mind (in the shape of Rei herself) was now in Piper's mind and things didn't look good.
"Hi."
Rei jumped and turned around, only to see Piper...well, a very confident version of Piper.
"You must be Self-Confidence."
She nodded then frowned. "Who are you?"
"I'm here to help."
Self-Confidence gave a small sigh of relief. "Good. Piper needs all the help she can get."
"Why?" Rei asked softly.
Self-Confidence pointed to her left, causing Rei to turn in that direction. "That," the emotion said.
'That' just happened to be a huge void of blackness. Rei gasped in shock and took a step back. "What is that?"
"Fear and Self-Doubt."
"And they're taking over?" Rei asked, watching the blackness grow bigger and darker.
"Yep," Self-Confidence said. "Ever since that demon took Piper and tortured her, they have gotten stronger. Pretty soon the rest of us will be pushed out."
Rei followed Self-Confidence's gaze to a huddle figure on the floor across from them. Again, it looked like Piper but the crazy smile on her face didn't fit.
"That's Happiness."
Rei just stared at the huddled emotion. "Why is she like that?"
"Piper feels that every time she becomes happy something comes along and ruins it all. So, she has learned to push Happiness to the corner of her mind, where she sits, day in and day out, waiting to be used and felt again."
Rei raised an eyebrow. "I feel like I'm in some kind of children's lesson about Self-Esteem."
Self-Confidence laughed. "Sorry if it's freaking you out."
Rei shook her head. "No, it's fine. I'm just not used to this yet."
There was a slight pause then Self-Confidence suddenly gasped. "Crap, not again."
"What?"
"Piper's losing more of her confidence as we speak."
And before Rei's eyes Self-Confidence started to shrink. "Whoa," she muttered to herself.
Self-Confidence looked back at Rei. "You've got to help her."
"How?"
"Prue."
"What?"
"Ever since Prue died, Piper has felt less and less sure of herself. And this caused the Fear and Self-Doubt to get stronger. Piper thinks she's a terrible sister, a horrible wife, and just a horrible and terrible person altogether."
"So what does Prue have to do with this? How can she help if she's dead?"
Self-Confidence shrugged. "I don't know but you have to find a way. Piper has locked herself up in her mind. She isn't seeing anyone or anything right now. She's so afraid that she'll hurt someone again."
Rei felt her strength on her power fading and she knew she was losing her grip on Piper's mind. Quickly she finished what she needed to say. "So, I need to find Prue and then get her to Piper?"
"Right," Self-Confidence said looking around. "And you need to hurry. Fear and Self-Doubt are getting stronger."
Rei opened her eyes with a gasp. Phoebe and Paige were watching her with worried eyes and Piper was lying between them, resting for the time being.
"Well?" Phoebe asked anxiously.
"We have to find Prue," Rei said. "Now."
***************** "What do you mean we have to leave?" Leo shouted.
"The situation has become too dangerous for your charges," Gladar, one of the oldest elders answered. "Already the eldest has been weakened and we cannot risk the others getting hurt."
"They are the Charmed Ones!" Leo retorted. "They've been in situations far worse than this!"
"But they are up against things they are not accustomed to."
Leo gritted his teeth. Never had he been this mad at his bosses. They were telling him to take Piper and her sisters and leave Tokyo; to leave the innocents in trouble and to leave the senshi when they needed them!
"Leo, this is for the best," another Elder stated. "We cannot risk the Charmed Ones getting seriously injured."
Leo clenched his hands into fist. "Why weren't you so worried about their safety just two years ago?" He paused as his question sank in. "You make me sick," he whispered forcefully. "Screw all of you. We are staying in Tokyo and that is final!" And he orbed out, leaving the Elders in a state of shock.
"Well, that didn't go well," Gladar said softly.
The youngest Elder shook his head. "That's the understatement of the century," he muttered.
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"Give me a report, Mortaguy."
"Everything is going according to plan, sir. The eldest sister of the witches is broken and the senshi are fighting."
"Excellent. Go and report this to Chaos. We need to get ready to strike."
To be continued...
Thanks for reading, guys!! Oh, and by the way; all the Charmed fans out there! If you haven't read my other Charmed stories please do! I've written a new one!!!! Yeeeeeee!!! Warning: It is very sad...as in depressing sad. As in cry then stop then cry some more ten minutes later. Okay, I'll shut up. Just please read and review!!!!! *puppy dog eyes*
I wanna thank Rorybabe for helping me out with this chapter. You're probably thinking you didn't do a thing but you did. You read what I had and urged me on. I probably wouldn't have written for a while longer if it wasn't for you! ^_~
Just a little side note; I got this idea for the chapter at 2 in the morning. So what did I do? Got up and type it out!!! Of course, I didn't get to bed until 3 am and I had to be up at 6 but oh well...you do what you have to do!!
Also: If anyone would like to write a Gilmore Girls fic/crossover thingy with me contact me! Right now I am soooo into Luke and Lorelai it isn't even funny! Just keep that in mind!
No own Charmed. No own Sailor Moon. No own anything but clothes on back. *looks down* Dang I need new clothes.
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Right as Paige orbed out of Phoebe's room, Piper clung to her sister. "Phoebe, you won't leave me, will you?"
"Oh honey," Phoebe murmured. "Paige is coming back. I promise. 'She' promised."
Piper shook her head. "Promises don't matter. Prue promised she wouldn't leave us and she did. She left and never came back."
Phoebe pulled her older sister in for a hug. "She didn't have a choice in the matter, Piper. If she had then she would still be here right now."
"But I miss her and I need her so bad," Piper sniffed. "And then Leo left and now Paige."
Phoebe just closed her eyes as she held her sister close.
Piper had finally drifted off into a restless sleep when Paige got back. Phoebe smiled at her younger sister. "How are things?"
"Terrible," Paige muttered softly as she sat on the bed next to Phoebe. She looked at Piper, who was sleeping with her head in Phoebe's lap and her hands pulled up to her chest. "How is she?"
"The same," Phoebe answered. "She broke down right after you left but I calmed her down and she fell asleep. But she's still restless." The sisters looked down at Piper as the witch started muttering in her sleep and crying.
Paige frowned. "I hate this, Phoebe. Can't we do anything to help her?"
"I don't know, Paige. I think if she would just talk to us it might help a little. But she won't. She just keeps it inside."
"Why?"
"My guess is that she doesn't want to worry us. But she doesn't realize that we are worried even more with her not telling us."
"So what do we do?" Paige asked quietly.
Phoebe glanced down at Piper, her eyes filling with tears. "I don't know."
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Usagi turned over with a groan as her communicator started beeping. Why did it always do that at night when she was having trouble getting to sleep anyway?
She cracked open her eyes and sat up. She fumbled around for the communicator for a little, trying to locate it on the floor of the outers' living room. She was lying on the sofa and trying to get to sleep but it seemed that evil couldn't wait.
She quickly answered the communicator. "Usagi, here."
"Usagi-chan, this is Paige."
"Paige?" Usagi asked sitting up even more. "What's wrong?"
"I'm really sorry if I woke you. We just didn't know what else to do." Paige paused and Usagi could tell she was holding back tears. "It's just....Piper's gotten worse. I mean, in the past hour since I left you at the outers' place, she's gotten to where she won't even talk to me or Phoebe. And Leo's not back yet and she just cries."
Usagi made shushing noises. "Calm down, Paige. Orb over here and get me and then we'll talk."
"Okay," Paige whispered. "I'll be over in a sec."
Usagi turned off the communicator and stood up, grabbing her shoes right as Paige orbed in. The witch's face was red from crying and Usagi could see the worry in the young woman's eyes.
"We need to hurry," Paige said. "Piper started crying even harder when I left."
Usagi nodded and let Paige grab her arm and they disappeared in a swirl of lights.
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"Rei can help," Usagi said as she glanced at Piper.
"How?" Phoebe asked, holding Piper's hand while the young witch slept.
"Remember how I told you that all of us got new powers just recently?" At the nod from the sisters Usagi continued. "Rei received a power to enter people's minds and find what is bothering them and how to fix it if it is fixable."
Paige and Phoebe stared at her. "Are you serious?" Phoebe asked, her eyes wide.
"Hai," Usagi said. "She has used it a couple of times but she won't tell me or the others what she sees. But maybe she will be willing to help."
"But," Paige started. At a glance from the moon princess she continued. "What about how she and the others are acting."
"I won't go with you. I don't want to get in the way."
Paige and Phoebe nodded. "Do you think we could go now?" Phoebe asked, gripping Piper's hand a little tighter.
"I don't see why not," Usagi stated. "Something's making her act weird toward the senshi, not you." Usagi glanced at the clock. It was after 7 am. "Besides, she's probably up by now."
Phoebe stood up. "Then it's settled. Let's orb over to the shrine and see if Rei will be willing to help."
******************
Rei grumbled in annoyance when a knock sounded at the door to her room. She turned over on her side, trying to block out the sound. But that didn't help. She pulled the covers over her head as another knock rang through the room.
"Go away," she muttered darkly.
"Rei?"
That sounded like Phoebe. Rei sat up, her eyebrows raised in confusion. Why would Phoebe be here now?
Rei didn't pause to answer her own question but got up and turned on the light before she opened her door. And there stood Phoebe and Paige with Piper between them, sobbing quietly.
Rei just stared at them in shock. "What's wrong?"
"We woke you, didn't we?" Paige asked softly.
Rei just shrugged. "It's fine." She looked at Phoebe. "Well?"
"It's Piper," Phoebe said. "We need your help."
A few minutes later Rei looked over at Piper, who was still sobbing and clinging to Paige and Phoebe. "She's been like this since what time?"
"5 this morning," Paige said.
Rei took in the older woman's shaking hands, her bloodshot eyes, and her tearstained cheeks. "I'll help," Rei said softly. "I'll just need you to help her relax."
************
Rei blinked as her mind's eye grew accustomed to the small amount of light. Her mind (in the shape of Rei herself) was now in Piper's mind and things didn't look good.
"Hi."
Rei jumped and turned around, only to see Piper...well, a very confident version of Piper.
"You must be Self-Confidence."
She nodded then frowned. "Who are you?"
"I'm here to help."
Self-Confidence gave a small sigh of relief. "Good. Piper needs all the help she can get."
"Why?" Rei asked softly.
Self-Confidence pointed to her left, causing Rei to turn in that direction. "That," the emotion said.
'That' just happened to be a huge void of blackness. Rei gasped in shock and took a step back. "What is that?"
"Fear and Self-Doubt."
"And they're taking over?" Rei asked, watching the blackness grow bigger and darker.
"Yep," Self-Confidence said. "Ever since that demon took Piper and tortured her, they have gotten stronger. Pretty soon the rest of us will be pushed out."
Rei followed Self-Confidence's gaze to a huddle figure on the floor across from them. Again, it looked like Piper but the crazy smile on her face didn't fit.
"That's Happiness."
Rei just stared at the huddled emotion. "Why is she like that?"
"Piper feels that every time she becomes happy something comes along and ruins it all. So, she has learned to push Happiness to the corner of her mind, where she sits, day in and day out, waiting to be used and felt again."
Rei raised an eyebrow. "I feel like I'm in some kind of children's lesson about Self-Esteem."
Self-Confidence laughed. "Sorry if it's freaking you out."
Rei shook her head. "No, it's fine. I'm just not used to this yet."
There was a slight pause then Self-Confidence suddenly gasped. "Crap, not again."
"What?"
"Piper's losing more of her confidence as we speak."
And before Rei's eyes Self-Confidence started to shrink. "Whoa," she muttered to herself.
Self-Confidence looked back at Rei. "You've got to help her."
"How?"
"Prue."
"What?"
"Ever since Prue died, Piper has felt less and less sure of herself. And this caused the Fear and Self-Doubt to get stronger. Piper thinks she's a terrible sister, a horrible wife, and just a horrible and terrible person altogether."
"So what does Prue have to do with this? How can she help if she's dead?"
Self-Confidence shrugged. "I don't know but you have to find a way. Piper has locked herself up in her mind. She isn't seeing anyone or anything right now. She's so afraid that she'll hurt someone again."
Rei felt her strength on her power fading and she knew she was losing her grip on Piper's mind. Quickly she finished what she needed to say. "So, I need to find Prue and then get her to Piper?"
"Right," Self-Confidence said looking around. "And you need to hurry. Fear and Self-Doubt are getting stronger."
Rei opened her eyes with a gasp. Phoebe and Paige were watching her with worried eyes and Piper was lying between them, resting for the time being.
"Well?" Phoebe asked anxiously.
"We have to find Prue," Rei said. "Now."
***************** "What do you mean we have to leave?" Leo shouted.
"The situation has become too dangerous for your charges," Gladar, one of the oldest elders answered. "Already the eldest has been weakened and we cannot risk the others getting hurt."
"They are the Charmed Ones!" Leo retorted. "They've been in situations far worse than this!"
"But they are up against things they are not accustomed to."
Leo gritted his teeth. Never had he been this mad at his bosses. They were telling him to take Piper and her sisters and leave Tokyo; to leave the innocents in trouble and to leave the senshi when they needed them!
"Leo, this is for the best," another Elder stated. "We cannot risk the Charmed Ones getting seriously injured."
Leo clenched his hands into fist. "Why weren't you so worried about their safety just two years ago?" He paused as his question sank in. "You make me sick," he whispered forcefully. "Screw all of you. We are staying in Tokyo and that is final!" And he orbed out, leaving the Elders in a state of shock.
"Well, that didn't go well," Gladar said softly.
The youngest Elder shook his head. "That's the understatement of the century," he muttered.
*******************
"Give me a report, Mortaguy."
"Everything is going according to plan, sir. The eldest sister of the witches is broken and the senshi are fighting."
"Excellent. Go and report this to Chaos. We need to get ready to strike."
To be continued...
Thanks for reading, guys!! Oh, and by the way; all the Charmed fans out there! If you haven't read my other Charmed stories please do! I've written a new one!!!! Yeeeeeee!!! Warning: It is very sad...as in depressing sad. As in cry then stop then cry some more ten minutes later. Okay, I'll shut up. Just please read and review!!!!! *puppy dog eyes*