I do not owe Charmed in any way. I make noting from this.
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Piper didn't know if she dared to believe it. Didn't know if she dared to believe there were two connections to her youngest son sitting in her living room. Chris daughters, her granddaughters! She was standing in the hall, just out of sight from the two girls, observing them. Wyatt, Leo, Phoebe and Paige were standing with her doing the same.
"I miss mom and dad, Cassie, what if we never see them again?" the younger girl said leaning towards her sister. Piper felt for the children, they didn't know where their parents where or what had happened to them according to Wyatt. But Piper also had a horrible feeling in her stomach, if something happened to the girls' parents that meant something happened to Chris.
"I miss them too, Litta," the older girl, Cassandra according to Wyatt, said. The ten year old tried to be brave for her sister but Piper could see right through it; she was just as scared as Melitta. "But these people will help us. We will be safe here, Dad said so and has he ever been wrong?"
Piper had to smile about the comment, all of it. It was true that Chris was rarely wrong about anything. She felt tears coming at the thought that even after all that had happened eleven years ago, on that day, Chris still told his daughters it would be safe at the Manor. Maybe there was hope for them after all.
"He was wrong when we where in Cairo when he said camels were friendly," Melitta giggled. Piper was curious. When had they been to Cairo? What had they done there? Had it been Chris's idea? She had eleven years of her sons' life which she knew nothing about.
"His camel probably didn't like him," Cassandra said making Melitta giggled again, "ours were nice, right?" Melitta nodded. Wyatt was snickering beside her and she suspected that he, just like she, was seeing different situations where a camel was being unfriendly to Chris in his head.
"See, dad was right. Don't worry, Litta. Mom and dad will come back. I promise." For the first time Piper wondered who their mother was. Surely not her! The one who started it all. Observing the girls a little closer she sadly had to say that she probably was their mother. Melitta had her hair color and Cassandra had her cheekbones.
Trying to calm down from the anger that suddenly surged through her she reminded herself that she couldn't blame the children for who their mother was. They probably loved her just as any other child loved their mother. And although she didn't like her there was no way she would reject these children, Chris's children, because of it.
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"Where have you been?"
"Out."
"With her?"
"Not that there is any of your business, yes."
"I have told you what I think of her!"
"You have, clearly and many times, just like everybody else in this family. I don't care."
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Wyatt walked in first and the rest followed. The children tensed seeing them all and she had to stop herself from going over and hug them, seeing as they didn't know who she was.
"Cassandra, Melitta this is my mother Piper, your grandmother. Behind her stands Leo your grandfather and Phoebe and Paige, your great Aunts. Everyone this is Cassandra and Melitta, Chris's daughters."
Everyone smiled friendly at the two scared girls and positioned themselves in different places. Wyatt, the one who so far had most contact with the girls took a seat beside them on the couch. Piper and Leo sat down in the two chairs and Phoebe and Paige took a seat on the chairs armrests.
"Are you going to find mommy and daddy?" Melitta asked carefully.
"We will, and to do that we need you to tell us about the day they disappeared," Wyatt said, "Everything you can remember."
Piper watched as both children started to think. It was clearly upsetting them but the look on their faces.
"We were exploring the pyramids that day," Cassandra said, "Mom was telling us a lot about the pharaohs and ancient Egypt. It was late when we got back to the hotel but mom and dad both had a job they had to take care of. They said they would be back in a few hours, like they always do, only they never came back. We waited two days for them but then people started being suspicious when we came to dinner and lunch alone. Dad always said that if anything ever happened to him or mom we should come here."
Piper stood and went over to the two girls, both were crying, and hugged them.
Phoebe, even in her mid fifties, was as sharp as ever. "Where you in Egypt on vacation or because of this job Chris and your mom had?"
"Both," Cassandra said, "whenever they had jobs in another country they take us with them and it's like we are on a vacation until the job is done. They usually leave us in the hotel room during the night when they are away, but always come back within a few hours to check on us. If for some reason it should take longer they always lets us know somehow. This time it was none of that."
"What are the jobs they do?" Piper wondered still holding the girls.
Cassandra shrugged. "They never say except that they help people in danger. They say we're too young to know and that they let us know and even let us join them if we want when we're older and has more control."
"Control over your powers, I guess," Leo said.
Both girls nodded.
"What are your powers?" Paige asked.
Cassandra saw a vase on the table and with a flick of her wrist made it move to the other side. With another flick she shimmered it back to its place. Piper looked on surprised. Paige had telekinetic orbing but this was another version.
"Telekinetic shimmering?" she said out loud looking at her husband.
"Dad says the second is more powerful but it makes me more tired when I use it." She then Orbed away and reappeared beside the couch. A second later she shimmered back.
When Cassandra was done Melitta raised her hand and conjured a small colorful butterfly. It flew around them for half a minute and then slowly disappeared.
"She can only conjure small things for now and they disappear quickly but mom says her power will grow as she does," Cassandra said. Melitta started to disappear in orbs but couldn't quite make it and reappeared quickly. Shimmer on the other hand went better.
"Do you have energy balls?" Leo asked. Just like Piper he figured out who their mother was. By the look of it Phoebe and Paige wasn't far behind.
"No," Cassandra answered, "but both mom and dad think we will get it when we're older."
"Can you tell us your mothers' name?" Piper wondered.
"Bianca," Cassandra said and almost made Wyatt fall of the couch.
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"I can't believe you! How could you say those things to her?"
"She is a demon and I won't pretend to be civil to them no matter who they are."
"She is half demon and my girlfriend. You won't even try, for me?"
"No, Chris. I have absolute no desire for you to be with her. Nothing good will come out of it, believe me."
"Chris, maybe mom is right."
"Stay out of this, Wyatt. I'm not talking to you right now."
"Chris, listen to me. I'm your mother…"
"No! You listen to me. I love Bianca and will not leave her. You just have to deal with it."
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"Cassandra, may I see your arms?" Piper wondered. Cassandra looked confused but held them out for her. Piper took a gentle grip of the right arm and moved the sleeve away and then did the same with the other one. Nothing.
"Can I do the same to you?" Piper asked Melitta. The girl nodded and held out her arms. Nothing on the right but on the left arm was a red tattoo/birthmark of a bird. Piper gave all the others a pointed look.
"What a cool looking birthmark," Paige said in fake surprise.
Cassandra shrugged. "She has had it since she was born."
"Do you now if it means anything?" Piper asked carefully, not knowing how much the children had been told of their mothers past.
"It's just a birthmark according to mom and dad," Cassandra shrugged again.
"Okay," Piper said and nothing else was said about it.
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To Be Continued…