Chapter 6
June (six missing parents)
The morning of Henry Juniors fourth birthday, Paige found the twins and both Henry's dancing around Henry Jr.'s room. Paige remained in the door way a moment and filmed them. When adult Henry realized he was being filmed, he stopped dancing. He looked embarrassed, like he was caught in the shower.
Little Henry's party began at one. Darryl, Sheila, Victor and Billie came. Sam had dropped by the day before to tell Paige he might not be able to come. A couple of kids from the pre-school also came.
"So what's the update on little Henry" Victor asked.
"He's excited to start kindergarten, he knows the letters A-C" Paige began.
"To me he's a-lot more social" Henry added.
"He rarely does anything wrong, he's pretty caring" Paige stated.
"How are the pregnancies" Sheila asked.
"Nothing's really changed for me" Prue stated.
"I've had constant mood swing for the past few weeks, and I'm always tired" Billie informed.
"That's normal at eight months" Phoebe told Billie.
Paige watched her son play with the others. He was much more active, and not quite so shy. He got along with the other children and didn't try to control them. He was more of a follower than a leader.
For supper Piper made Henry Juniors favourite meal, rice with chicken nuggets. Kat liked rice but hated chicken nuggets. So she gave them to Tamora, who gave her all her rice in return. Tamora hated rice even though she had only tasted it once.
Like on all birthdays after supper, it was time for cake. Paige and Henry approached the table singing and holding the cake. They placed the cake down on the table in-front of Henry Jr. who blew out the candle.
Two days later in the middle of the night, the demon alarm went off. The children all knew what to do. Wyatt orbed Payton and Henry to him. When the others orbed/beamed in into the boy's room they all huddled together, and Wyatt activated his orb shield around them.
There was a crashing sound coming from the attic. It sounded like about four demons were trying to steal the book of shadows. The adults were heard rushing to the attic and then a fight was heard. The fight occurred all over the house, in the end all six adults vanished.
When the demon alarm turned off, the kids new the demons were gone. They searched the whole manor but didn't find their parents. When neither Melinda nor Chris could sense them, Wyatt grabbed the phone and called the police.
"911 what's your emergency?"
"Our parents were all kidnapped" the kids screamed at once.
"How many of you are there?"
"9, I'm the oldest…my name is Wyatt Matthew Halliwell."
"How old are you?"
"I'm nine years old" Wyatt answered.
"Ok, are the other kids your siblings?"
"Only two of them, the others are my cousins" Wyatt informed.
"How old's the youngest?"
"Only two" Wyatt replied.
"What's your address?"
"Not sure, but investigator Morris knows, he's a friend of ours" Wyatt said.
"Ok stay safe, investigator Morris will be there soon."
Wyatt hung up the phone and the kids waited in silence. Not long after Darryl arrived. Wyatt opened the door to let Darryl in. Darryl looked around, the manor looked like a crime scene. Broken glass everywhere and all the furniture was destroyed.
"Demon" Darryl asked.
"Demon" Chris confirmed.
"Ok I'll take you to the station" Darryl stated.
Darryl was only able to fit Payton, Parker and little Henry in the police car. The others orbed/beamed in-front of the police station. Darryl arrived and joined them with the youngest three. He then brought the kids into the office in the station.
"If it was demons who took your parents, why did you call us" Darryl asked.
"We're kids, we can't take care of ourselves" Henry stated.
"They're going to put you in foster homes, one for the boys and one for the girls. I'll call Billie to solve the issue" Darryl said.
About twenty minutes later, two women showed up. These women were Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Lagoon. Mrs. Jones took Wyatt, Chris and Henry Junior to an all-boys foster home. Mrs. Lagoon took Melinda, P.J., the twins, Parker and Payton to an all-girls foster home.
After breakfast the next day, Wyatt, Chris and Henry were outside with the other boys. Mrs. Jones called them in, so the boys followed her into the living room. Billie was there sitting on the couch.
"Boy's I need your help to find your parents" Billie whispered to Wyatt and Chris.
"Mrs. Jones, can I take them out for the day" Billie asked.
"Yes, make sure to bring them back by seven" Mrs. Jones agreed.
Billie took the boys to golden gate park. There Chris concentrated and used his sensing power to sense his parents.
"I can't get an exact location" Chris said.
"Maybe P.J. can" Melinda suggested after orbing in with P.J.
"I had a premonition" P.J. informed.
"What did you see" Billie asked.
"Many trees near a river…in this forest" P.J. revealed pointing to the forest beside the park.
The five of them walked through the forest and came across the river. There wasn't any sign or clue that they were there. Out of frustration P.J. threw a stone into the water. Suddenly the ground split apart. Chris used his power of photokeniss to create a ball of light above the hole. They all looked down and their parents waved at them.
"It's about time" Piper remarked.
"Can you get out" Melinda asked.
"No you'll have to orb us out" Phoebe told them.
"Andy, Prue, Piper, Leo, Phoebe, Coop, Paige, Henry" the white lighter witches said together.
At their command the adults orbed out of the hole. Once they were free they hugged the children and Billie.
"Where are the others" Piper asked.
"In the foster homes" Wyatt informed.
"They called the police" Billie explained.
"What! They were never any demons, this was a test for your training" Phoebe revealed.
"We thought you would come find us, I had no idea you'd call the cops" Paige stated.
"Did we pass though?" Tamora asked.
The adults rescued the other children from the foster homes. Their explanation was that they had gone out due to a family emergency and left the kids with a babysitter. Then the dog got out so the babysitter went after her.
What really happened was: it was Paige, Phoebe, Coop and Prue who had been in the attic making it sound like demons. It was Leo who had set off the demon alarm, and Andy had turned off the demon alarm right before he and the other adults orbed/Beamed out of the manor. It had been Piper who had destroyed the furniture. The adults realized next time they should warn the kids.