It was exactly 9:45 when i'd finally finnished packing and managed to zip up my last suitcase. I took one last quick glance around my room to see if there was anything i'd missed, but i think i've just about packed my entire life into five cases. Well, six if you count the duffel bag i had to use to stuff in a few extra clothes. I thought it would be easy to just pack up and leave, you know? I'm only moving school's...all the way from Sanfransisco to Ipswich, Massachusetts. Oh who waas i kidding? this is the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life, and i've had some pretty difficult things to do before. Considering i'm the second generation of Charmed Ones, i've had my fair share of hard times. I mean, give me an evil demon to vanquish over this any day.
Second generation Charmed One's i hear you ask, well let me explain. You've probably heard of my mom and her sisters, The Charmed One's. You know, the power of three, Book of Shadows, greatest magic ever kind of thing? yeeeeahh, that's my mom and aunts. Here's the deal...
Piper, Phoebe and Paige Halliwell, the Charmed Ones. Piper had three kids, Wyatt, Chris and Peyton. Paige had one kid, Pandora and then Phoebe had one kid, me, Parker Halliwell. Well, the actual order is Wyatt, Chris, Peyton, me and Pandora. Since our mom's are the greatest good magic ever, that kinda gave us some pretty awesome power, but not only that, but they had kids with some other powerful beings. Like Wyatt, Chris and Peyton, there mother is a Charmed One and their father a whitelighter/elder which of course made all three of them powerful. Pandora's parents are a Charmed One and a lower level demon which makes her powerful, but not as powerful as Wyatt, Chris and Peyton. But the most powerful of them all you ask? well that's actually me believe it or not. According to see-ers, the elders and every other magical being my mom and aunts asked, i am the most powerful being ever. How awesome is that? i'm more powerful than the Charmed One's, old and new...hell, i'm more powerful than anyone, how? weeelll it's quite a long and complicated story, but the short version is my mom is a Charmed One, Phoebe to be exact, and my dad...well, my dad is Cole a.k.a. Belthazarr a.k.a. the source of all evil, hence why i'm so darned powerful.
So along with Peyton and Pandora, we make up the Charmed Ones. Pretty cool huh? wait till you hear about our powers. Peyton is a see-er which means she can see things in the past and the future, but it's not fully developed yet so it's basically just premonitions for now, but she's also an empath, which is sort of a mind reader, just instead of reading your mind, she can read your emotions. Since Leo is her dad and he's a whitelighter/elder, she can orb and also create orb ball which is kind of like a shock of energy, they actually hurt really bad, trust me, you do not want to get hit by one...especially when she's PMS-ing. Next would be me, well, i can freeze stuff, blow things up and move things with my mind. However, since my dad is a demon/the source of all evil, i can also shimmer, which is like ...the demon equivalent of orbing and also i can create fire and electrical ball. It's just like it sounds, a ball of fire or electrical energy and from what i've seen, they can hurt pretty badly...considering every demon i've thrown them at so far has died sooooo...yeah, i'm not really allowed to use them on Peyton and Pandora. Ahh, Pandora, thanks to having Paige as a mom, she can orb, she can also astral project, which is basically making a copy of herself that looks exactly the same and it is actually her, but the astral projection of her can't be hurt, you'll just go straight through it like a hologram and last but not least, she can move things by orbing them. All she has to do is think or say the name of the object she wants and it'll orb right to her. Needless to say, aunt Paige was pretty extatic when Pandora developed this power.
Oh but wait, it get's freakier, our powers aren't even fully developed yet, which means they get better and we may even get more. Now Wyatt and Chris, well, those two guys are really important in our lives, not just as our 'brothers' but they were both appointed to be our whitelighters, uncle Leo was really proud of them but aunt Piper didn't take the news so well...we're still re-building the wall she blew up.
But that's pretty much my family.
All of us have lived in this house our whole lives and now i'm leaving it behind to go to Spencer Academy. It's a private school for all the rich snobby kids. Why would i want to go there? easy, because it has the best educational program ever...it's like...the NASA of schools. Now granted, i'm not exactly a straight A student and my studies do tend to come last in a long line of things to do but...i really do want to get into a good college so i can do something with my life apart from fight demons and constantly save the world whilst hiding the fact that i'm a witch. And Spencer Academy is my ticket into a great college. The only down fall is that i have to leave my home and move into the dorms. I'm going to miss my family like crazy.
But don't worry, little old me won't be totally alone, oh no, as soon as they found out i was leaving to go to Spencer Academy, both Peyton and Pandora decided they wanted to go there too. So now Pandora is sat in the kitchen eating as many of aunt Piper's cookies as she can before she has to leave and Peyton is stood at the bottom of the stairs with all her packed bags waiting for me to, and i quote "hurry my skinny little ass up before she comes up here and tears me a new one" un-quote.
So i pick up my last two suitcases and start to back out of the door. My eyes fall on a framed picture on my bed side table. I drop my cases and run over to it quickly picking it up. It's a picture of my mom and my dad before they vanquished him. I've always wonderd what my dad was like. I mean, i've heard stories, i've heard them all, from the ones where my mom makes him out to be the good guy, aunt Piper makes him out to be evil and aunt Paige tries to be indifferent. Yes, granted, my dad my have been the source of all evil but i don't apreciate aunt Piper tearing him down like she always does. Besides, he can't have been all bad, one thing i know for sure, is that he truly loved my mom more than anything in the world. He even died for her. I just wish i could have known him.
Anyway, i grab the picture and go back over to my bags and place the picture in one of them. I pick them up and walk down stairs. When i get down stairs i'm instantly greeted by my mom. "hey sweetie"
"hey mom" alright, don't get choked up! don't cry, come on Parker, be strong...oh god i think i'm going to cry.
"sigh i can't believe it, my baby's going off to college"
"mom, it's not college"
"i know, i know it's just ...wow, i never thought this day would be here so soon"
"what day?"
"the day where i have to let you go. I know this is what you want, but it doesn't mean i have to like it alright? you're moving a long way from home. You've never really left home before, this is a big thing for you, for me, for all of us, i just hope you know what you're doing, that's all, i just want you happy and safe"
"mom i know that. Trust me, this is what i want. yeah, i'm going to miss the house and i'm going to miss all of you guys but, ...this makes me happy...and don't worry so much mom, i'll be fine"
"what about demons? what about being in close contact with humans? what if someone sees you use your powers? what if Peyton and Pandora get into trouble? what if..."
"mom! it's all going to be okay. if demons attack, i'll vanquish them. being in close contact with humans won't be so bad. No one's going to see my powers, and if they do, i'll make a mind wipe potion. Please, Peyton and Pandora getting into trouble? that would never happen, but if it ever did, i would be there to help get them out of trouble. i have everything sorted out mom, and besides, it's not exactly a long trip home is it? i'll just shimmer...i think i might be doing that alot just to have a quick flick through the book of shadows. just...trust me, okay?"
My mom just nods her head and starts to tear up. We both hug each other and this is the part where i'm reminded that i'm leaving my security behind...i'm basically throwing my security blanket out of the window here. But this is what i want. Besides, i couldn't possibly get into trouble in Ipswich...
right?