PROLOGUE

- April 1st 2011 -

Halliwell Manor

Piper helped Melinda out of the backseat of the car, whilst her husband Leo opened the door on the other side to let Wyatt and Chris out. She smiled at her youngest child playing with the tulip she had pulled from the garden bed at the park. Sometimes it was hard for Piper to realize that it had happened – that she had a normal life away from demons. Sure they still got attacked, and they still went out to vanquish demons, but it was no longer on a such a high frequent basis they were able to lead relatively normal lives. Something that she herself had craved for as long as she could remember. Something that they had battled against and for, the freedom for both themselves and their children. To preserve a future. They were just about to head up to the front door, when Piper felt a small tug on the back of her skirt.

She looked down to see a small girl, appearing to be about Chris' age, clutching her fluffy white cat to her chest nervously. Piper studied the girl's face noting that she wasn't only nervous but scared.

"There are bad men in your home."

That had Leo pausing too, and her two sons looked at the girl curiously.

Piper crouched down beside the girl. "What bad men sweetie?"

"Men in black. I was playing with Mitchell", she held her cat up to highlight that he was Mitchell, "when he ran over here. I'm sorry I went on your land but he climbed up in the bushes. I followed him and was in the bushes and I heard something break and looked through the window. Men in black with black paint on their arms and face are inside. They look mean. They scare me."

"Okay sweetie. Leo stay here with the kids and I'll go inside and check it out."

"I'll call Paige and get her to orb Phoebe over."

Piper left her children, and the girl in the protection of her husband hidden by their SUV. The girl could have just had an overactive imagination, but experience taught her to trust her instincts, and Piper's were screaming that something was indeed amiss. Cautiously she opened up the front door and peered inside. Not seeing any demons, she closed the door quietly behind her and itched forward, peering sideways to see if she could catch a glimpse when she heard the sound of orbing behind her. She held her finger up to let Paige and Phoebe know not to speak. They nodded their understanding and without prompting split up to search the home. Phoebe levitated up to the second floor, whilst Paige orbed up to check on the Book of Shadows, leaving Piper to search downstairs.

Piper had just turned to enter the kitchen when she heard the sounds of wood smashing upstairs. Twirling around just in time, Piper ducked a fireball thrown at her during her moment of distraction. Crouched behind the dining table, Piper peered through the legs of the table and chairs to peer at the demons. There were only two of them and covered in tattoos. Thorn Demons. A shudder escaped her body before she could prevent it. She wasn't afraid of them, but she could remember all to well how close she was to dying the last time they had encountered them. Remembering that it was the female demon that carried the lethal poison, Piper gambled that she'd be quicker than the two male demons would be at shooting firing balls. Jumping up she quickly blew them up just as Phoebe and Paige came running down the stairs.

"We took care of three upstairs." Paige huffed.

"Do you think there are any more…" Phoebe started to question as Leo crashed through the front door unconscious.

The three sisters stood momentarily stunned before Piper was jolted from it with one single thought. Her children. Wyatt, Chris and Melinda were out there against a demon all by themselves. And the mysterious little girl.

Piper sprinted through the front door heading to her children, Phoebe following behind whilst Paige stayed behind to tend and guard her bleeding mortal husband. She felt her heart constrict at the scene in front her. A female thorn demon had corned her children and the girl towards the side of the house. Wyatt stood in front of Chris protectively his shield up, but every time he tried to get closer to Melinda to shield her too the demon would start spitting thorns at them pushing them back further. Piper's legs had already starting running but her heart pounded fast as if she knew she was going to be too late.

The demon smiled viciously at Wyatt and Chris before turning towards Melinda and the girl, spitting thorns towards them. She had almost made over to them so she could quickly spin the pair behind her when she felt the air around her being ripped towards Melinda, throwing Piper off course and against the ground.

Piper cried out as the thorns readied to hit Melinda when they were suddenly repelled back by an invisible force. The girl now stood in front of Melinda, the cat still in her hands protectively with her eyes pinched closed. The air around them was hazy in streaks. The demon hissed in annoyance and launched another attack, but the thorns couldn't penetrate the shield that she was putting up. The thorns redirected, shooting off all over the place upon impact.

Close enough now, Piper raised her hands and obliterated the demon. She could see out of the corner of her eye, Wyatt lowering his own shield and Phoebe running over to check on them. The girl however kept squinting, her shield not wavering. Piper crouched down in front on her.

"Sweetie there all gone now. You can relax."

The girl cracked one eye, peeking out and then the other one. She collapsed to the ground, her shield lowered. Melinda sprinted up towards Piper crying into her arms.

"Mummy!"

"It's okay Melinda sweetie. You're safe now. You're all safe."

"Thank you for protecting my daughter."

The girl began to sniffle. "You won't tell my mum will you?"

"Tell her what?"

"That I…that I used mag-i-i-c-c-c-c…"

"Why wouldn't you want to tell your mum how brave you were?" Phoebe asked gently. Piper spied Wyatt peering at the girl curiously and Chris looked absolutely excited by the prospect of another child seemingly his age with powers.

"Mum doesn't believe in magic…I…I…I don't want her to stop loving me when she finds out I'm a different."

"Well maybe you should get a new mum!" Chris piped in. "Mum's should love you no matter what!"

"Christopher Perry Halliwell!" Piper scolded, half amused at the outburst. She new what her son was trying to say, but instead it came off rude and abrupt. "Sweetie what Chris is trying to say, it shouldn't matter if your different, she'll love you just the same. But if you don't want us to tell her our lips are sealed. What's your name?"

"…Samira…"

"Samira. That's a beautiful name. Well mine name is Piper, and this is my sister Phoebe and my three children Wyatt, Chris and Melinda. We're all like you. We're different. You don't have to hide anything from us."

"I'm like you?"

"You don't know what you are?"

Samira just shook her head. "Mummy isn't like me. I'm different. No one else is but me."

"Well there's no one in this family that's normal. I can freeze and blow things up. What can you do?"

"Wind. I call wind."

"Well I've never met witch who control wind which makes you a very special person. How about you come inside with us, and we'll show you want we mean."

"Can Mitchell come too?" Samira asked holding up her cat in front of her face.

Piper smiled at her. "Of course."


Author's Note:

Being doing a lot of Fanfiction reading this year, and happened to re-watch season 6 of Charmed and had ideas of creating my own Fanfiction for Chris Halliwell and the next generation of the Charmed Ones. Hope you enjoy it.